A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Postlude

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From volume 3 of the work.

2230599A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — PostludeGeorge GroveGeorge Grove


POSTLUDE, a piece played after service, an outgoing voluntary. The term is an adaptation from the Latin-German 'Postludium.' Henry Smart has occasionally employed it.

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