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The introductory music is called the overture.
A prologue is a foreword or introductory section of a book or musical work.
The cast of A Musical Passage - 1984 includes: Lazar Gosman as himself
A motive is a short musical idea.A short musical idea.
The symphony's warming-up cacophony slowly melded into the introductory passage.
It can be two things: First, it can be a short musical passage (a phrase) connected with a certain character or idea in the music. The operas of Richard Wagner are full of signature phrases (he called them "leitmotivs") identifying people, objects and places. A "signature phrase" can also be a short musical passage that instantly identifies the work and it's composer - such as the first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
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A short MUSICAL IDEA.
A tenuto is a musical articulation mark or musical direction directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time.
A short musical idea can be called a number of things. It can be called a phrase or motif for example.