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Meanings of short prelude in English

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Usage of short prelude in English
1
Before he was through the first short prelude, he had us in his snare.
Nights in London
2
Lillian stopped, took another book, and commenced, after a short prelude, one of my own songs.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
3
He accepted the implied invitation, played a short prelude, and taking Homer's suggestion of topic, sang in parallel with it:-
The Man Without a Country, and Other Tales
4
He said nothing more, but played a short prelude and began to sing in his small, but warm, tenor voice.
December Love
5
The rest of the company composed themselves to listen; and, after a short prelude, Lorimer, in a fine manly voice, began-
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844
6
But first he struck his instrument, and ran over a short prelude, which may be imagined by a series of false notes, running as follows:-
The Pacha of Many Tales
7
But already during the short prelude he turned his head attentively towards Schulhoff who now performed an Allegro brillantenformedeSenate(Op.
Frederick Chopin, as a Man and Musician — Volume 2
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