- Musical composition - Musical exercise piece - Musical practice piece - Musical study piece - Short musical composition - A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may
serve, for a study. - A study; an exercise; a piece for practice of some special
point of technical execution.
- Overture - Preamble - Short musical composition - An introductory performance, preceding and preparing
for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.;
especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a
movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with recent
composers often synonymous with overture. - To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory
performance; to serve as prelude. - To introduce with a previous performance; to play or
perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air. - To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.
- A writer of short literary works - One who writes short literary pieces on a particular subject - Writer - Writer of published essays - Writer, say, entering mysterious sites - A writer of an essay, or of essays.