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He started playing piano at the age of two and, at just 17, gave a remarkable two-and-a-half-hour concert featuring the 24 preludes and fugues by composer Dmitri Shostakovich.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
The novenario meals were preludes to the funeral reception, held at Torres Banquet Hall near St. Alphonsus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
Pollutants like nitric oxide and sulfur dioxide build up black crusts on the marble, “like tartar that preludes cavities in teeth,” Mr. Canali said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
It hosted world gymnastics and track titles, both of which were preludes to the World Cup, which is costing the country an estimated $220 billion.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
Too impatient to endure a long range diet, he went on radical diets that seemed like preludes to famine.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
