article: Prelude
links: Franz Liszt 19th century Baroque music Dmitri Shostakovich Preludes (Chopin) C major Karol Szymanowski The Well-Tempered Clavier Felix Mendelssohn Max Reger Frédéric Chopin Alexander Scriabin Sergei Rachmaninoff Charles Gounod Romantic music Ave Maria Major scale Johann Sebastian Bach Claude Debussy Minor scale 18th century 16th century Renaissance music Olivier Messiaen