Prelude may refer to:

Music

Prelude (music) A prelude (german: Präludium or '; la, praeludium; french: prélude; it, preludio) is a short Musical piece, piece of music, the musical form, form of which may vary from piece to piece. While, during the Baroque era, for example, it may hav ...

, a musical form *

Prelude (band) Prelude are an English-based vocal harmony group, who in their most famous line-up consisted of Brian Hume (vocals, guitar), his wife Irene Hume (vocals) and Ian Vardy (guitars, vocals). They formed in their native Gateshead in 1970, having ini ...

, an English-based folk band *

Prelude Records (record label) Prelude Records was a New York-based independent record label that was active from 1976 to 1986. At one time, François Kevorkian held an A&R position at Prelude. The label's owner was Marvin Schlachter. History Prelude was first launched in 1 ...

, a former New York-based dance independent record label *

Chorale prelude In music, a chorale prelude or chorale setting is a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale tune as its basis. It was a predominant style of the German Baroque era and reached its culmination in the works of J.S. Bach, who wrote 46 ...

, a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale as its basis

Albums and songs

* ''Prelude'' (EP), a 2017 EP by April * ''Prelude'' (Jack McDuff album), a 1963 album by jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff * ''Prelude'' (The Moody Blues album), 1987 album by The Moody Blues * ''Prelude'' (Deodato album), a 1973 album by Eumir Deodato *"Prelude", a song by Pete Townshend from ''

All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes ''All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes'' is the third solo studio album by English rock musician Pete Townshend, released on 14 June 1982 by Atco Records. Chris Thomas produced the album (who had also produced Townshend's previous album, ''Em ...

'' *"Prelude", a song by Flobots from '' Flobots Present... Platypus'' *"Prelude", a song by Killswitch Engage from ''Killswitch Engage'' (2000 album) *'' Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings'', an album by Warren Zevon *"Prelude", a song by the Sword from ''

Used Future ''Used Future'' is the sixth and final studio album by American heavy metal band the Sword. Recorded in late 2017 at Flora Recording & Playback in Portland, Oregon, it was produced by Tucker Martine and was released on March 23, 2018, by Razor & ...

'' *"Prelude", a song by Hieroglyphics from '' Full Circle'' *''Prelude'', an EP by ''

Lauren Jauregui Lauren Michelle Jauregui Morgado (; born June 27, 1996) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the List of best-selling girl groups, best-selling girl group ...

Musical works

'Prelude' is a very common term as a title of a musical piece, both classical and popular. Some specific preludes are: *''

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ''Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune'' ( L. 86), known in English as ''Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun'', is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed ...

'', a popular orchestral piece by Debussy *

Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff) Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor (russian: Прелюдия, translit=Prelyudiya, links=no), Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer's most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces titled '' Morceaux de fantaisie,'' it i ...

, an 1892 piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff *

Preludes (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin wrote a number of preludes for piano solo. His cycle of 24 Preludes, Op. 28, covers all major and minor keys. In addition, Chopin wrote three other preludes: a prelude in C minor, Op. 45; a piece in A major from 1834; and an ...

, a set of 24 piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin, written between 1835 and 1839 * ''Préludes'' (Debussy), two books of piano pieces by Claude Debussy written between 1909 and 1913 *

Preludes (Kabalevsky) Dmitry Kabalevsky's Preludes, Op. 38 are a set of 24 piano pieces in the Chopinian model, each based on a folksong and each in a different key. It was composed in 1943–44, and dedicated to Nikolai Myaskovsky, his teacher. It is one of a number ...

, a set of 24 piano pieces, each based in a folk song * ''Preludes'' (musical), a 2015 musical by Dave Malloy *''

Les préludes ' ("Preludes" or "The Beginnings"), S.97, is the third of Franz Liszt's thirteen symphonic poems. The music was composed between 1845–54, and began as an overture to Liszt's choral cycle ' (The Four Elements), then revised as a stand-alone co ...

'', a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt

Literature

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The Prelude ''The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem '' is an autobiographical poem in blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Intended as the introduction to the more philosophical poem ''The Recluse,'' which Wordswort ...

'', an epic poem by William Wordsworth * "Prelude" (short story), a short story by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield *''

Prelude to Foundation ''Prelude to Foundation'' is a novel by American writer Isaac Asimov, published in 1988. It is one of two prequels to the ''Foundation'' series. For the first time, Asimov chronicles the fictional life of Hari Seldon, the man who invented psyc ...

'', a 1988 novel in Isaac Asimov's ''Foundation'' series * ''Preludes'' (Dragonlance series), a series of novels comprising two trilogies set in the Dragonlance world * "Preludes" (poem), a poem by T. S. Eliot

Other uses

* "Prelude" (''Alias'' episode), in the TV spy drama series * ''Prelude'' (yacht), a trailer sailer designed by Ian Proctor *

Prelude FLNG ''Prelude'' FLNG is a floating liquefied natural gas platform owned by Shell plc and built by the Technip–Samsung Consortium (TSC) in South Korea for a joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell, KOGAS, and Inpex. The hull was launched in Dec ...

, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas platform *

Prelude SIEM (Intrusion Detection System) Prelude SIEM is a Security information and event management (SIEM). It is a tool for driving IT security. Prelude SIEM collects and centralizes information about the company's IT security to offer a single point of view to manage it. Thanks to i ...

, an open source a security information and event management system *Haskell Prelude, a standard module imported by default into Haskell programs; see

Haskell features This article describes the features in Haskell. Examples Factorial A simple example that is often used to demonstrate the syntax of functional languages is the factorial function for non-negative integers, shown in Haskell: factorial :: Int ...

Honda Prelude The Honda Prelude is a car produced by Japanese car manufacturer Honda from 1978 until 2001. The two-door coupe was loosely derived from the Honda Accord, and spanned five generations. The Prelude was used by Honda to introduce the Japanese Honda r ...

, an automobile manufactured by Honda *

Sheaffer Prelude The Sheaffer Prelude fountain pens, rollerball pens and ballpoints are a line of writing instruments made by the Sheaffer Pen Company. Construction & Trim The pen is made out of stock brass rods, and the section is made of moulded acrylic and h ...

, a series of pens by the Sheaffer Pen company *''The preludes'', videos released on YouTube by Swedish band

iamamiwhoami iamamiwhoami ( ) is the electronic music and audiovisual project of Swedish singer-songwriter Jonna Lee in collaboration with her longtime record producer Claes Björklund. The project has, since 2009, released audiovisual series on their ch ...

Preludes (film series) ''Preludes'' is a Canadian short film series, which premiered in 2000. Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in 2000, the series consisted of ten short films by Canadian directors which were ins ...

, shorts commissioned by the 2000 Toronto Film Festival {{disambiguation