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1. Prelude
   Range of 650 watt lanterns by Strand Lighting.
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2. prelude
   [n] - music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera 2. [v] - serve as a prelude to 3. [v] - play as a prelude, of musical pieces
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3. Prelude
   Pre'lude noun [ French prélude (cf. Italian preludio , Late Latin praeludium ), from Latin prae before + ludus play. See Prelude , transitive verb ] An introductory performance, preced...
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4. Prelude
   Pre·lude' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Preluded ; present participle & verbal noun Preluding .] [ Latin praeludere , praelusum ; prae before + ...
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5. Prelude
   Pre·lude' transitive verb 1. To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air. 2. To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory. « [ Music] prel...
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6. prelude
   noun music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
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7. Prelude
   • (v. t.) To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory. • (v. t.) To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air. • (v. i.) To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance; to serve as pre...
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8. Prelude
   (from the article `Mansfield, Katherine`) ...from George Bowden. The death of her soldier brother in 1915 shocked her into a recognition that she owed what she termed a sacred debt to him and ...
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9. prelude
   musical composition, usually brief, that is generally played as an introduction to another, larger musical piece. The term is applied generically to ... [1 related articles]
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10. prelude
    prelude 1. A preliminary performance, action, event, or condition, coming before and introducing one of more importance; an introduction, preface (to a literary work). 2. In music, a movement or piece forming the introduction to a musical work; especially such a movement preceding a fugue or forming...
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11. Prelude
    An instrumental introduction to an act within a musical drama.
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12. Prelude
    In music a prelude is a strain introducing the theme or chief subject. A
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13. Prelude
    Prelude is a cultivated variety of potato.
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14. prelude
    prelude (prā'lOOd) , musical composition of no universal style, usually for the keyboard. It was originally used to precede a ceremony and later a second, often larger piece. Early preludes represent the first example of idiomatic keyboard music. During the baroque period the prelude forme...
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15. prelude
    In music, a composition intended as the preface to further music, especially preceding a fugue, forming the opening piece of a suite, or setting the mood for a stage work, as in Richard Wagner's Lohengrin. As used by Frédéric Chopin, a prelude is a short self-contained piano work. A prelude is often rhetorical i...
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16. Prelude
    (music) A `prelude` (Germ. Präludium or Vorspiel; Lat. praeludium; Fr. Prélude; It. Preludio) is a short piece of music, the form of which may vary from piece to piece. The prelude can be thought of as a preface. It may stand on its own or introduce another work. While, during the Baroq...
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17. Prelude
    (band) `Prelude` are an English based vocal folk 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. Career: They began to write their own material and bu...
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18. Prelude
    (short story) `Prelude` is a 1918 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published by the Hogarth Press in July 1918, and later reprinted in Bliss and Other Stories. Plot introduction: The Burnells are moving out of their house. Title explanation: Plot summary: `I` There isn`...
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19. Prelude
    (Deodato album) `Prelude` is a 1972 album of Brazilian keyboardist Eumir Deodato. It features guitarist John Tropea on three tracks, bassists Ron Carter and Stanley Clarke, and Billy Cobham on drums. With the signature track "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (an arrangement of the th...
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