Prelude

Spanish Meaning

preludio

preludiar

English Meaning

  1. An introductory performance, event, or action preceding a more important one; a preliminary or preface.
  2. Music A piece or movement that serves as an introduction to another section or composition and establishes the key, such as one that precedes a fugue, opens a suite, or precedes a church service.
  3. Music A similar but independent composition for the piano.
  4. Music The overture to an oratorio, opera, or act of an opera.
  5. Music A short composition of the 15th and early 16th centuries written in a free style, usually for keyboard.
  6. To serve as a prelude to.
  7. To introduce with or as if with a prelude.
  8. To serve as a prelude or introduction.