Prelude may refer to:
Music Prelude (music), a musical form Prelude (band), an English-based folk band Prelude Records (record label), a former New York-based dance independent record label Chorale prelude, a short liturgical composition for organ using a chorale as its basis
Albums and songs Prelude (Jack McDuff album), a 1963 album by jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff Prelude (Deodato album), a 1973 album by Eumir Deodato Prelude (The Moody Blues album), a 1987 album by The Moody Blues Prelude (EP), a 2017 EP by April Prelude, a 2021 EP by Lauren Jauregui "Prelude", a song by Flobots from Flobots Present... Platypus "Prelude", a song by Hieroglyphics from Full Circle "Prelude", an instrumental by Kate Bush from Aerial "Prelude", a song by Killswitch Engage from Killswitch Engage (2000 album) "Prelude", a song by the Oh Hellos from Dear Wormwood "Prelude", a song by Pete Townshend from All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes "Prelude", a song by the Sword from Used Future
Musical works 'Prelude' is a very common term as a title of a musical piece, both classical and popular. Some specific preludes are: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, a popular orchestral piece by Debussy Prelude in C-sharp minor (Rachmaninoff), an 1892 piano work by Sergei Rachmaninoff Preludes (Chopin), a set of 24 piano pieces by Frédéric Chopin, written between 1835 and 1839 Préludes (Debussy), two books of piano pieces by Claude Debussy written between 1909 and 1913 Preludes (Kabalevsky), a set of 24 piano pieces, each based in a folk song Preludes (musical), a 2015 musical by Dave Malloy Les préludes, a symphonic poem by Franz Liszt
Literature The Prelude, an epic poem by William Wordsworth "Prelude" (short story), a short story by New Zealand author Katherine Mansfield Prelude to Foundation, a 1988 novel in Isaac Asimov's Foundation series Preludes (Dragonlance series), two trilogies comprising a series of novels set in the Dragonlance world "Preludes" (poem), a poem by T. S. Eliot
Other uses Prelude (The Righteous Gemstones), an episode of the American television series The Righteous Gemstones "Prelude" (Alias episode), in the TV spy drama series Prelude (yacht), a trailer sailer designed by Ian Proctor Prelude FLNG, the world's largest floating liquefied natural gas platform Prelude SIEM (Intrusion Detection System), an open source a security information and event management system Haskell Prelude, a standard module imported by default into Haskell programs; see Haskell features Honda Prelude, an automobile manufactured by Honda Sheaffer Prelude, a series of pens by the Sheaffer Pen company The preludes, videos released on YouTube by Swedish band iamamiwhoami Preludes (film series), shorts commissioned by the 2000 Toronto Film Festival Christmas Prelude, annual festival in Maine, U.S.