chorale prelude

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noun Music.

a composition usually for organ that is based on a chorale or other hymn tune and is typically contrapuntal in style.

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Origin of chorale prelude

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby chorale prelude

chop stroke, chop suey, choragus, choral, chorale, chorale prelude, choral speaking, chord, chordal, chordamesoderm, Chordata

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How to use chorale prelude in a sentence

There was an entryway near here to another courtyard, itself a prelude to the heart of the main temple.
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Marguerite hoped it would be the prelude to a book she wanted to write, and asked if I could get it published somewhere.
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A full, busy youth is your only prelude to a self-contained and independent age; and the muff inevitably develops into a bore.
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A trifling dispute with which his reign began was the prelude to very serious events.
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Chopin began generally to prelude apathetically and only gradually grew warm, but then his playing was really grand.
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British Dictionary definitions for chorale prelude

chorale prelude

noun

a composition for organ using a chorale as a cantus firmus or as the basis for variations

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