preluder means one who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From prelude + -er.
noun
- One who, or that which, preludes; one who plays a prelude.“Of these musical set forms however he might be indulged with a considerable quantity, and, if he approached in some degree to Rousseau's high character of a Preluder, he might be allowed to discant on certain single grave texts”