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After a good deal of preludial matter the plot centres in the rivalry of Chénier the poet and Gérard, a revolutionary leader, for the hand of Madeleine.

From The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. by Fuller-Maitland, J. A.

The structure, as a whole, is divided into three main portions: the first preludial, the second sombre and often meditative—largely in the minor—the third entirely in the major and of extraordinary brilliance and vivacity.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

But after the double bar and repeat, this first theme is developed in a free preludial manner as if it were continually leading up to a climax.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

In measure 13 there begins a long series of modulatory developments of the main theme—of a preludial nature—but not a mere prelude in the ordinary sense.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond

After some preludial ninth chords the dreamy first theme is given out, molto dolce, by the violin, supported by rich harmonies on the pianoforte, the use of the augmented chords being prominent, e.g.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond