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prelude 
  n 
1 
a a piece of music that precedes a fugue, or forms the first movement of a suite, or an introduction to an act in an opera, etc. 
b (esp. for piano) a self-contained piece of music 
2 something serving as an introduction or preceding event, occurrence, etc. 
  vb 
3 to serve as a prelude to (something) 
4 tr to introduce by a prelude 
  (C16: (n) from Medieval Latin praeludium, from prae before + -ludium entertainment, from Latin ludus play; (vb) from Late Latin praeludere to play beforehand, rehearse, from ludere to play) 
♦  preluder  n 
♦  preludial  adj 
♦  prelusion  n 
♦  prelusive 
♦  prelusory  adj 
♦  prelusively, prelusorily  adv 

chorale prelude 
  n a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations