prelusive

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In Break, Break, Break, we hear a note prelusive to In Memoriam, much of which was already composed.

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew

Loke was the cause of the former prelusive war.

From Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3 Gods and Goddesses of the Northland by Ph.D.

There was a fine note in Mr. Allen's earliest work; a prelusive note with the quality of the flute....

From James Lane Allen: A Sketch of his Life and Work by Unknown

The last words were murmured as if to himself rather than to us, and he accompanied them abstractedly with tentative, prelusive chords, which gradually grew into the most strangely moving music I have ever heard.

From A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy by Sampson, George

In the notice of so memorable a man, even the briefest prelusive flourish seems uncalled for; and so indeed it would be, if by such means it were meant simply to justify the undertaking.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various