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• n  something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
• n  music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
• v  serve as a prelude or opening to
• v  play as a prelude

• Sure, some of the interest was a prelude to attacks on Palin's readiness for national office.

• preliminary
• overture

News & Articles

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• Nuggets GM Tim Connelly "very optimistic" Andre Iguodala will be back
  Tim Connelly got a taste of his new job as Nuggets general manager Thursday morning with an introductory news conference, one-on-one media interviews afterward and the realization that all of this was a prelude to the real work to be done.
  June 21, 2013 - Denver Post
• C. Carpenter slowed by recurring back trouble
  Back soreness and discomfort has been a prelude each time to the nerve issues in his right shoulder.
  June 20, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Music recital at Chestnut
  A Prelude will be held at 1 p.m. Saturdayat the Chestnut Avenue Center for the Arts, Marshfield.
  June 20, 2013 - Marshfield News Herald

Quotes

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• Sir Alex Ferguson in The Press Association
  He added: "Don't forget, that was the prelude to the whole thing - he was going to be the star, he was going to outshine them all - (Lionel) Messi, (Cristiano) Ronaldo. So that level of expectation comes into it. And he's not got great experience of...
• Nawaz Sharif in International Herald Tribune
  People have responded very overwhelmingly to the call of the hour, and I am thankful to the nation,Sharif told Geo television by phone from his car. "This is a prelude to a revolution."
• David Paterson in International Herald Tribune
  On Wednesday, Gov. David Paterson said the bickering sounded "more like the prelude to a high school program than the choosing of a US senator."