Postlude
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈpəʊstluːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Postlude is a noun meaning (music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
Meaning
(music) The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
More Meanings
- A concluding passage of text or speech; an epilogue or afterword.
- (rare) To form a postlude (to); to end with a postlude.
Example Sentences
This was Nabokov’s postlude to Lolita, where he relates the book’s genesis.
In the Sibelian world of song, then, postludes would inevitably sound redundant or extraneous.
Mercifully never preceded by a drum-roll or postluded by a curtsey for applause, each poem seemed to arise from the surrounding prose, which Courtenay was successfully endeavouring to make sound as if it was being thought up on the spot.
Word Forms
- postludes
- postluding
- postluded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include post, prelude, outro, afterpiece, period, verset.
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