Prelude may refer to:
Music
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Prelude (music), a musical form
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Prelude (band), an English-based folk band
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Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label
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Chorale prelude, a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale as its basis
Albums and songs
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Prelude (Jack McDuff album), a 1963 album by jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff
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Prelude (Deodato album), a 1973 album by Eumir Deodato
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Prelude (The Moody Blues album), a 1987 album by The Moody Blues
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Prelude (EP), a 2017 EP by April
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Prelude, a 2021 EP by Lauren Jauregui
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"Prelude", a song by Flobots from Flobots Present... Platypus
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"Prelude", a song by Hieroglyphics from Full Circle
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"Prelude", an instrumental by Kate Bush from Aerial
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"Prelude", a song by Killswitch Engage from Killswitch Engage (2000 album)
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"Prelude", a song by the Oh Hellos from Dear Wormwood
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"Prelude", a song by Pete Townshend from All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
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"Prelude", a song by the Sword from Used Future
Musical works
'Prelude' is a very common term as a title of a musical piece, both classical and popular. Some specific preludes are:
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Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, a popular orchestral piece by Debussy
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Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff), an 1892 piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Preludes (Chopin), a set of 24 piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin, written between 1835 and 1839
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Préludes (Debussy), two books of piano pieces by Claude Debussy written between 1909 and 1913
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Preludes (Kabalevsky), a set of 24 piano pieces, each based in a folk song
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Preludes (musical), a 2015 musical by Dave Malloy
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Les préludes, a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt
Literature
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The Prelude, an epic poem by William Wordsworth
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"Prelude" (short story), a short story by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield
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Prelude to Foundation, a 1988 novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series
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Preludes (Dragonlance series), two trilogies comprising a series of novels set in the Dragonlance world
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"Preludes" (poem), a poem by T. S. Eliot
Other uses
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"Prelude" ( Alias episode), in the TV spy drama series
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Prelude (yacht), a trailer sailer designed by Ian Proctor
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Prelude FLNG, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas platform
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Prelude SIEM (Intrusion Detection System), an open source a security information and event management system
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Haskell Prelude, a standard module imported by default into Haskell programs; see Haskell features
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Honda Prelude, an automobile manufactured by Honda
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Sheaffer Prelude, a series of pens by the Sheaffer Pen company
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The preludes, videos released on YouTube by Swedish band iamamiwhoami
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Preludes (film series), shorts commissioned by the 2000 Toronto Film Festival
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Christmas Prelude, annual festival in Maine, U.S.
