<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">前奏曲</span><font face="Calibri"> </font><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">（</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">Prelude</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">）</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 21pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">15</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">世纪及</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">16</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">世纪初，前奏曲指的是一种形式自由的即兴风格的键盘小品，甚至经常不标节奏，篇幅约为十到二十小节左右，在意大利这些小品曾被称为塔斯塔（</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">tastar</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">译为“触动”），在西班牙则称塔涅（</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">taner</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">）。到了</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">1650</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">年左右，前奏曲开始成为组曲中的序曲乐章，因此也有把前奏曲翻译为序曲的，另外，歌剧的管弦乐引子也称为前奏曲。巴赫、亨德尔等，都在他们的组曲或套曲中采用了前奏曲作为开篇，也有把前奏曲作为赋格曲之前的乐曲。前奏曲通常是单乐思的小品，有时也有一些比较规则和扩展的形式，这个时期最著名的前奏曲作品自然是巴赫的二十四首前奏曲与赋格。</span><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">1750</font></span><span style="font-family: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">年以后，前奏曲开始与其它乐曲脱离关系，以独立的作品形式出现在音乐会中。</span></p>