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something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows "training is a necessary preliminary to employment" "drinks were the overture to dinner" music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera serve as a prelude or opening to play as a prelude
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A prelude is a short Musical piecepiece of music, usually in no particular internal form, which may serve as an introduction. Since Chopin, the term often connotated a short piano piece, not necessarily an introduction - one might play 24 successive preludes.Originally, an instrumentinstrumental prelude was a short extemporised piece of music played before the main piece to be performed properly. It developed out of the natural tendency to play a few notes before commencing. The term is also used to refer to an overture, particularly to an opera or oratorio.The French harpsichordists, following Louis Couperin, developed a form of unmeasured prelude, in which the duration of each note is left to the performer. It was used until the first decade of the 18th century; Jean-Philippe RameauRameau's first printed piece (1706) is in this form.In Baroque music, the prelude was often paired with the fugue. Beginning with Johann Sebastian BachBach, composers often wrote preludes in sets of 12 or 24, sometimes with the intention of utilizing all 24 Major scalemajor and Minor scaleminor Key (music)keys.
Notable Sets or Cycles of Preludes - J.K.F. Fischer's ''Ariadne musica'' , circa 1700 contained 20 preludes and fugues in 19 different keys.Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the two volumes of the Well-Tempered Clavier, (1722). Each volume contain 24 preludes in each of the major and minor keys, with each prelude followed by a fugue in the same key. The odd numbered preludes are in major keys, starting with C major and each is followed by a prelude in the corresponding minor key. The odd numbered preludes proceed up the Chromatic scalechromatic scale. (i.e No.1 C major, No. 2 C minor, No. 3 C-sharp major, etc.) Ludwig van Beethoven wrote two preludes, Op. 39, each one cycles through all of the major keys of the piano Frédéric Chopin wrote 24 preludes, Op. 26 (1831) which cycle through all of the major and minor keys. The odd numbered preludes are in major keys, starting with C major and each is followed by a prelude relative minor key. The odd numbered preludes proceed through the Circle of fifthscircle of fifths. (i.e No.1 C major, No. 2 A minor, No. 3 G major, etc.)Claude Debussy wrote two books of 12 Preludes, Book 1 (1910) and book 2 (1913), for a total of 24 preludes. On the sheet music, one finds only a roman numeral at the heading of each prelude, but at the end of the prelude, there is a descriptive title. Sergei Rachmaninoff, wrote a prelude Opus 3, No. 2, Ten Preludes, Opus 23 and 13 Preludes, Opus 32, for a total of 24 PreludesPaul Hindemith wrote Ludus Tonalis, (1940) a prelude, 11 interludes, and a postlude, all separated by 12 fugues.Alberto Ginastera wrote a cycle of 12 American Preludes ''(Doce Preludios Americanos)'' (1946).Dmitri Shostakovich wrote a cycle of 12 Preludes and Fugues 1951. The order of the keys is the same as in Chopin. Category:Musical !formsfi:Preludica:Preludide:Pr äludiumfr:Préludehu:Prelúdi umit:Preludioja:前࣮ 3;曲nl:Preludepl:Preludi umzh:前奏曲< /text>
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