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postlude|ˈpəʊstl(j)uːd|
[f. post- A. 1 b + L. lūdus play, on analogy of prelude, interlude; so mod.L. postlūdium.]
a. Mus. A concluding piece or movement played at the end of an oratorio or the like; a concluding voluntary.
1851Fraser's Mag. XLIII. 460 The prelude and the postlude, in which he has enveloped Handel, are his own. 1866Engel Nat. Mus. viii. 279 This is sung to the following tune, in which the instruments have after each verse a little postlude of three or four bars. 1891Sat. Rev. 17 Oct. 441/2 The ‘postlude’ of the chorus. 1947A. Einstein Mus. Romantic Era xiv. 187 The task..of supplying a commentary in the prelude and, particularly, the postlude. 1955G. Abraham in H. Van Thal Fanfare for E. Newman 26 The second version of the piano postlude to ‘Schmerzen’ was sent to Frau Wesendonk on a separate piece of paper. 1976Gramophone Jan. 1229/1 Why the ties in the penultimate bar of the prelude and postlude of ‘Pause’?
b. A written or spoken epilogue; an afterword, conclusion; an envoy.
1928M. Williams Catholicism & Mod. Mind 339 (heading) Postlude: Easter in Gethsemani. 1934Punch 2 May 503/2 Miss Bowen's ‘postlude’, a carefully reasoned essay in historical criticism, is a drastic and devastating but on many points convincing analysis of romantic legend. 1939Joyce Finnegans Wake (1964) 426 As the wisest postlude course he could playact, collaspsed [sic] in ensemble and rolled buoyantly backwards. 1959Times 11 Sept. 16/6 Mr. Gerald Moore..whose little summarizing postludes to many of the songs..were miracles of concentrated wisdom. 1974Times 15 Apr. 5/6 The rumpus was mostly caused by a very offensive postlude, spoken by one of the actors.
Hence ˈpostlude v. intr., to supply a postlude; postˈludial a.
1960‘A. Burgess’ Doctor is Sick xxi. 174 The psalmist ended, postluded. 1961Times 10 Nov. 18/6 One of the poems is set twice: another has a preludial and postludial movement. |