Prelude - Musical Works

Musical Works

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

  • Preludes (Chopin), a set of 24 piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin, written between 1835 and 1839
  • Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff), a piano piece by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1892
  • Préludes (Debussy), two sets of piano pieces by Claude Debussy, written between 1909 and 1913
  • Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, an orchestral piece by Debussy
  • Preludes (Kabalevsky), a set of 24 piano pieces in the Chopinian model, each based in a folk song

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