Prelude

Prelude

A Prelude ("before play") is something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows after it. It may also refer to:
*Prelude (music), a musical style
*"The Prelude", a poem by William Wordsworth
*"Preludes" (poem), a poem by T. S. Eliot
*"Prelude" (short story), a short story by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield
*Honda Prelude, an automobile manufactured by Honda
*Prelude-IDS, open source hybrid IDS framework

Music

*Preludes (Chopin), a set of 24 piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin, written between 1835 and 1839
*Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff), a piano piece by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1892
*Preludes (Debussy), two sets of piano pieces by Claude Debussy, written between 1909 and 1913
*Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, an orchestral piece by Debussy
*Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label
*Prelude Records, a specialist classical music CD shop in Norwich, England
*Prelude (band), a British rock band
*"Marionette -prelude-", a prelude to Ayumi Hamasaki's 2007/2008 song "Marionette" from her 9th studio album, Guilty
*"Prelude" is the title of a funk/jazz fusion album by native Brazilian keyboarder Eumir Deodato, released in 1973 and famous for the jazzy/funky arrangement of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
*"Prelude", a song by Hawkwind from their 1980 album "Levitation"
*"Prelude (The Family Trip)", a song by the band Marilyn Manson from their 1994 debut album "Portrait of an American Family"
*"Prelude", a song by Symphony X from their 2000 album "V-The New Mythology Suite"
*"Prelude", a song by LL Cool J from his 1995 album "Mr. Smith"
*"Prelude", a song by Camper Van Beethoven from their album "New Roman Times"
*"Prelude 12/21" is a single off of "Decemberunderground" from AFI
*"Prelude", a song commonly used in the intro of the "Final Fantasy" Game series
*"Prelude" a song by the musician Yanni Chrysomallis, a World Music band/orchestra performance piece
*"The Prelude", a song from "Kingdom Come", the 2007 album from Jay-Z
*"Prelude 3.0", a song by Slipknot from their 2004 album ""
*"Preludes - Rare and Unreleased Recordings", an album by Warren Zevon
*"Prelude", a guitar solo by Yngwie Malmsteen, from the Album Rising Force
*"Prelude", A Marimba megacomposition by "Safri Duo on 2003 [Live also] "


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  • PRÉLUDE — D’une façon générale, en musique, le terme «prélude» désigne un mouvement autonome (par opposition à l’introduction, théoriquement rattachée à ce qui suit) servant à introduire le corps principal de l’œuvre, voire une autre œuvre ou un groupe… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Prelude@ — Prelude@# ist ein selbstlernendes Dialogprogramm (Konversationsprogramm) von Lennart Lopin, ein so genannter Chatbot. Prelude@# arbeit auf der Basis eines morpho semantischen Algorithmus, benutzt Mustererkennung, Stemmer und Zufallsgeneratoren,… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prelude@# — ist ein selbstlernendes Dialogprogramm (Konversationsprogramm) von Lennart Lopin, ein so genannter Chatbot. Prelude@# arbeitet auf der Basis eines morpho semantischen Algorithmus, benutzt Mustererkennung, Stemmer und Zufallsgeneratoren, um ein… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prelude — bezeichnet: ein Instrumentalwerk in der Musik, siehe Präludium ein Coupé von Honda, siehe Honda Prelude Prelude@#, ein Konversationsprogramm Prelude (IDS), ein hybrides Intrusion Detection System Prelude (Band), ein britisches Folk Trio Prelude… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Prelude — Pre*lude , v. t. 1. To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air. [1913 Webster] 2. To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory. [1913 Webster] [Music] preluding some …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Prelude — Pre lude, n. [F. pr[ e]lude (cf. It. preludio, LL. praeludium), fr. L. prae before + ludus play. See {Prelude}, v. t.] An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prelude — [prel′yo͞od΄; prā′lo͞od΄, prē′lo͞od΄] n. [Fr prélude < ML praeludium < L praeludere, to play beforehand < prae , PRE + ludere, to play < ludus: see LUDICROUS] 1. anything serving as the introduction to a principal event, action,… …   English World dictionary

  • Prelude — Pre*lude , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preluded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preluding}.] [L. praeludere, praelusum; prae before + ludere to play: cf. F. pr[ e]luder. See {Ludicrous}.] To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prelude — 1560s, from M.Fr. prélude notes sung or played to test the voice or instrument (1530s), from M.L. preludium prelude, preliminary, from L. praeludere to play beforehand for practice, preface, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + ludere to play… …   Etymology dictionary

  • prelude — PRELUDE. s. m. Ce qui se chante, ce qui se jouë pour essayer la voix ou l instrument avant que de chanter un ait, un motet, ou de joüer une piece reguliere. Un beau prélude. ce Joüeur de luth excelle dans les préludes. Il signifie fig. Ce qui… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • prelude — PRELÚDE vb. III v. preluda. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  PRELÚDE vb. III. v. preluda. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …   Dicționar Român

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