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• prelude — ► NOUN 1) an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. 2) a piece of music serving as an introduction to a longer piece. 3) the introductory part of a poem or other literary work. ► VERB ▪ serve as a prelude or… …   English terms dictionary

• prelude — [prel′yo͞od΄; prā′lo͞od΄, prē′lo͞od΄] n. [Fr prélude < ML praeludium < L praeludere, to play beforehand < prae , PRE + ludere, to play < ludus: see LUDICROUS] 1. anything serving as the introduction to a principal event, action,… …   English World dictionary

• prelude — [ prɛlju:d] noun 1》 an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important. 2》 a piece of music serving as an introduction, e.g. to an act of an opera or to a suite or a fugue.     ↘the introductory part of a poem or other… …   English new terms dictionary

• prelude — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere to play beforehand, from prae + ludere to play more at ludicrous Date: 1561 1. an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prelude — n. & v. n. (often foll. by to) 1 an action, event, or situation serving as an introduction. 2 the introductory part of a poem etc. 3 a an introductory piece of music, often preceding a fugue or forming the first piece of a suite or beginning an… …   Useful english dictionary

• τοὐνδόσιμον — ἐνδόσιμον , ἐνδόσιμος serving as a prelude masc/fem acc sg ἐνδόσιμον , ἐνδόσιμος serving as a prelude neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• ἐνδόσιμον — ἐνδόσιμος serving as a prelude masc/fem acc sg ἐνδόσιμος serving as a prelude neut nom/voc/acc sg …   Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

• The Tides of Manaunaun — is a short piano piece by American composer Henry Cowell (1897–1965). It was composed in 1917, originally serving as a prelude to a theatrical production, The Building of Banba . The Tides of Manaunaun is the best known of Cowell s many tone… …   Wikipedia

• Tiki Ti — bar The Tiki Ti is a Polynesian themed tiki bar on Sunset Boulevard, in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. It is considered by many to be the very epitome of the Tiki tavern style. Established in 1961 by Ray Buhen, the Tiki Ti s only… …   Wikipedia

• Karnevalsbotschafter — (Carnival s Ambassador) op. 270 is a waltz composed by Johann Strauss II in the autumn of 1862. Incidentally, it was also written during Strauss honeymoon with his first wife Henrietta Treffz in Venice. It was first performed at the 50th… …   Wikipedia

• Zhang Bao (Shu Han) — Chinese t=張苞 s=张苞Zhang Bao was the oldest son of the famous Shu Han general, Zhang Fei. There is little information on the historical personage, with Chen Shou s Records of Three Kingdoms merely stating that he died prematurely. Zhang Bao,… …   Wikipedia