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postlude

[ pohst-lood ]

noun

, Music.
  1. a concluding piece or movement.
  2. a voluntary at the end of a church service.


postlude

/ ˈpəʊstluːd /

noun

  1. music a final or concluding piece or movement
  2. a voluntary played at the end of a Church service
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postlude1

1850–55; post- + -lude < Latin lūdus game, modeled on prelude
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Word History and Origins

Origin of postlude1

C19: from post- + -lude, from Latin lūdus game; compare prelude
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Example Sentences

Carpeaux’s bust is a postlude to slavery in France, more of a congratulatory patriotic exercise than a direct appeal to the conscience.

It’s in five movements, with a little postlude, and each movement explores one of the classical Indian elements — the five elements that are used in Ayurveda medicine, for example: space, air, fire, water and earth.

Terror turns to mere sadness as a muted ensemble of bassoon and three contrabass clarinets — a feature of Eastman’s idiosyncratic, extravagant orchestration — offers a stunned postlude.

I know this because Sting once put his hand supportively on my back while I practiced the postlude of Schumann’s song cycle “Dichterliebe,” and I haven’t washed that shirt since.

And I’m really proud of the orchestral moments: The Act I postlude is one of the most beautiful things Bernstein ever wrote.

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