postludes

Music after service

Postludes are concluding pieces of music, especially organ compositions played at the end of a church service as the congregation departs.

The term contrasts with prelude—what comes before.

By extension, a postlude can be any concluding phase or aftermath: The party's postlude was a quiet hour of cleanup.

musical

coda

Closing musical passage

outroSong's closing section
finaleConcluding part of performance
recessionalClosing ceremony music

organ · hymn · improvisation · voluntary · chorale · fugue · offertory · doxology · anthem · processional

conclusion

epilogue

Concluding literary section

denouementStory's final unraveling
aftermathResults following an event
codaClosing musical passage

finale · swan song · curtain call · closing · wrap-up · sign-off · ending · termination · culmination · final act

reflection

contemplation

Sustained reflective attention

meditationFocused attention practice
ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
introspectionObserving one's own mind

pondering · musing · reverie · afterthought · retrospection · debriefing · processing · digestion · quiet moment · stillness

Categories

liturgical organrecessional music, toccatas, seasonal variations
Organ Musictoccata, fugue, fugues, toccatas, voluntaries
hymnsAmazing Grace, Old Rugged Cross, Morning Has Broken, hymn, hymnal
pipe organspipe organ, organ, organ pipes, pipe organs, organ stops

Opposites

musical position in service/performance

postludespreludes

Introductory sections or movements

processionals · entrance music · overtures · invocations · openings

temporal sequence in composition

postludespreludes

Introductory sections or movements

introductions · prologues · openings · overtures · beginnings

Family

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G