A Prelude ("before play") is something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows after it. It may also refer to:

• Prelude (music), a musical form
• The Prelude, a poem by William Wordsworth
• Preludes, a poem by T. S. Eliot
• "Prelude" (short story), a short story by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield
• Honda Prelude, an automobile manufactured by Honda
• Prelude-IDS, open source hybrid IDS framework

Music

• 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
• Preludes (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
• Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label
• Prelude Records, a specialist classical music CD shop in Norwich, England
• Prelude (band), a British rock band
• Marionette -prelude-, a prelude to Ayumi Hamasaki's 2007/2008 song Marionette from her 9th studio album, Guilty
• Prelude is the title of a funk/jazz fusion album by native Brazilian keyboarder Eumir Deodato, released in 1973 and famous for the jazzy/funky arrangement of Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra
• "Prelude", a song by Hawkwind from their 1980 album Levitation
• "Prelude (The Family Trip)", a song by the band Marilyn Manson from their 1994 debut album Portrait of an American Family
• "Prelude", a song by Symphony X from their 2000 album V-The New Mythology Suite
• "Prelude", a song by LL Cool J from his 1995 album Mr. Smith
• "Prelude", a song by Camper Van Beethoven from their album New Roman Times
• "Prelude 12/21" is a single off of Decemberunderground from AFI
• "Prelude", a song commonly used in the intro of the Final Fantasy Game series
• "Prelude" a song by the musician Yanni Chrysomallis, a World Music band/orchestra performance piece
• "The Prelude", a song from Kingdom Come, the 2007 album from Jay-Z
• "Prelude 3. A prelude is a short piece of Music, which its form will vary from piece to piece The Prelude is an autobiographical "philosophical" Poem in Blank verse by the English poet William Wordsworth. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. 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 The Honda Prelude was a sports Coupe Japanese automaker Honda from 1978 through 2001 Prelude is an Open source Unix based Network-Based Intrusion Detection System. The Preludes Op 28, by Frédéric Chopin, are a set of 24 short pieces written for the Piano, one in each key, originally published in 1839 Prelude in C-sharp minor (Прелюдия op 3 no 2 is one of Sergei Rachmaninoff 's most famous compositions Claude Debussy 's Préludes are two sets of pieces for solo Piano. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (commonly known by its original French title Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune) is a Musical composition Prelude Records was a New York -based dance Independent record label, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s Prelude Records is a Classical music specialist CD shop located in Norwich, England. Prelude are an English based folk trio, who in their most famous line-up consisted of Brian Hume ( Vocals, Guitar) his wife Irene is a Japanese Singer-songwriter and former Actress. Also called Ayu by her fans Hamasaki has been dubbed the "Empress of Pop" due to her Guilty is the ninth studio album (tenth overall by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Ayumi Hamasaki, released by Avex Trax on January Eumir Deodato (born on 22 June, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Grammy Award -winning Brazilian musician producer and arranger primarily Levitation is a 1980 studio album by Hawkwind. It reached #21 on the UK album chart Portrait of an American Family is Marilyn Manson's debut album released in 1994 V The New Mythology Suite, a Concept album, is the fifth studio album from Progressive metal band Symphony X. Mr Smith is the sixth album by Rapper LL Cool J, released in 1995 New Roman Times is an album by musical group Camper Van Beethoven, released October 12, 2004 on Pitch-A-Tent records Decemberunderground is the seventh Studio album from Californian Alternative rock band AFI, and their first album to Kingdom Come is the Grammy-nominated ninth studio album from American rap artist Jay-Z released on November 21, 2006. Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella 0", a song by Slipknot from their 2004 album Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses)
• Preludes - Rare and Unreleased Recordings, an album by Warren Zevon
• "Prelude", a guitar solo by Yngwie Malmsteen, from the Album Rising Force

Slipknot is an American band from Des Moines Iowa. Slipknot consists of nine members the current band members are Sid Preludes Rare and Unreleased Recordings is a two-CD compilation of music and interviews including unreleased outtakes and demos by Singer-songwriter Warren Yngwie Johann Malmsteen (ˈɪŋveɪ ˈmɑːlmstiːn in English (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck on June 30 1963 in Stockholm Sweden) is a Swedish

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