Preludes

(It beat out an LP of Martha Argerich playing the Chopin preludes by a few weeks.) ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

And the women that followed him together from Galilee were beholding these things, not knowing what to make of them, nor so ready as they should have been to take them for certain preludes of his resurrection. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Kissing, fondling and oral sex are more appropriately described as preludes to sex or foreplay. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once upon a time I could play 22 of the 24 Chopin preludes.) ❋ Carla Seaquist (2010)

I call these "preludes" because I do want to hit on the music the way it was presented in the film as opposed to listening to the soundtrack on a standalone basis, which can affect my judgment of it depending on how strongly I can conjure images of the anime in question while listening to it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Small cargo barges and fishing boats have been attacked by militants, some of whom have taken diving lessons that Filipino authorities suspect were preludes to maritime attacks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In it I predicted that the financial outcry we were hearing from the Tea Party in our country, as well as the collapse of the Greek banking system at the time, may be preludes to further turmoil in Europe. ❋ Dr. Behzad Mohit (2010)

I believe, right now, if you only count the books within the event (excluding the preludes) the tally is around 40 books … 38 or so. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Two of Bach's English Suites — F major and A minor — and a quartet of Scarlatti sonatas were interspersed with a host of the little preludes and fugues Bach wrote for his students and children. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

It's colored with my preludes, which could start anywhere, might get atonal or funky or go wherever I choose. ❋ Larry Blumenfeld (2011)

It's unclear how deep of a dent the U.S.-led military campaign made in the insurgency over the winter or if these attacks are preludes to more widespread fighting by the Taliban this summer. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But the silents were merely preludes to the explosion of cinematic Frankensteins. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Goode certainly exploits that tonal weight and coherence in this recital; the sombre power he generates in the magisterial C minor Passacaglia and Fugue, and the crispness of the bravura flourishes of the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue are equally effective, while the two preludes and fugues, the introspective B minor and distinctly perky G major, are brilliantly contrasted. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The composer had been playing one of his preludes and told Sand he was lulled to sleep while at the piano and saw himself drowned at the bottom of a lake. ❋ AP (2011)

Apart from two piano concertos (both 1830) and four other works for piano and orchestra, virtually all his compositions are for solo piano; they include some 60 mazurkas, 27 études, 26 preludes, 21 nocturnes, some 20 waltzes, 16 polonaises, 4 ballades, 4 scherzos, and 3 sonatas. ❋ Unknown (2010)