A prelude that is part of a return gift to a fellow pianist.

Title: Raindrop Prelude, Op 28, No. 15
Composer: Frédéric Chopin

A prelude is a performance, action or event, preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter. I played the Raindrop Prelude when I was a kid and in Illinois, I thought that raindrops were sort of a nuisance, but now that I'm older and live here, I realize much better what a great blessing raindrops are. They feed all kinds of blessed flowers and plants, and even help provide water for us to drink. This piece was requested as a favorite of Dawn. She is the lovely wife of Mark who has been tuning my piano lately. Dawn does the scheduling and Mark drives all over to tune pianos. One interesting thing about these 24 preludes that Chopin wrote is that he dedicates them to Joseph Christoph Kessler, a German pianist and composer, who 10 years earlier, had dedicated his own set of 24 Preludes, Op. 31, to Chopin. Kessler's Prelude in E Minor is also a favorite that many people enjoy.