In Norse mythology, Fimbulvetr ( or fimbulvinter ), commonly rendered in English as Fimbulwinter, is the immediate prelude to the events of Ragnarök.

Although he has been compared to the Jacobin Maximilien de Robespierre ( 1758 – 1794 ), Francia's policies and ideals perhaps most closely resembled those of François-Noël Babeuf ( 1760 – 1797 ), the French utopian who wanted to abolish private property and communalize land as a prelude to founding a " republic of equals ".

On April 20, 1934, ( as a prelude to the Night of the Long Knives ), Göring transferred the Gestapo to Himmler, who was also named chief of all German police forces outside Prussia ; two days later Himmler named Heydrich the head of the Gestapo.

American heavy metal band, Metallica has run " The Ecstasy of Gold " as prelude music at their concerts since 1985 ( except 1996 – 1998 ), and recently recorded a version of the instrumental for a compilation tribute to Morricone.

He started work on the prelude producing a three paragraph prose sketch that month, although he remained uncertain of the name, considering in turn Der Raub: Vorspiel ( The Theft: Prelude ), Der Raub des Rheingoldes ( The Theft of the Rhinegold ) and Das Rheingold ( Vorspiel ) ( The Rhinegold ( Prelude )).

Ma has appeared in an episode of the animated children's television series, Arthur, as well as on The West Wing ( episode " Noël ", in which he performed the prelude to the Bach Cello Suite No. 1 at a Christmas dinner at the White House ), Sesame Street and Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood.

Together they produced Cynara ( a setting of words by Ernest Dowson ), A Late Lark ( a setting of W. E. Henley ), A Song of Summer, a third violin sonata, the Irmelin prelude, and Idyll ( 1932 ), which reused music from Delius's short opera Margot la rouge, composed thirty years earlier.

A specific sequence of classical Turkish musical forms become a fasıl, a suite an instrumental prelude ( peṣrev ), an instrumental postlude ( saz semaisi ), and in between, the main section of vocal compositions which begins with and is punctuated by instrumental improvisations taksim.

Other significant and curious pieces of early legislation include the first licensing of hackney carriages ( 1662 ), an act against " excessive gaming " ( 1663 ) and a famous 1663 act authorizing the erection of toll gates on the Great North Road, the prelude to a series of acts to help finance road-building for highways.

25 ( 1921 / 23 ), both of which begin with an introductory prelude.

The day after Louis XIV issued his manifesto – well before his enemies could have known its details – the main French army crossed the Rhine as a prelude to investing Philippsburg, the key post between Luxembourg ( annexed in 1684 ) and Strasbourg ( seized in 1681 ), and other Rhineland towns.

Federal safety standards, such as NHTSA Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 215 ( pertaining to safety bumpers ), and compacts like the 1974 Mustang II were a prelude to the DOT " downsize " revision of vehicle categories.

Sandels's action was only a prelude to the peace negotiations that opened in August and resulted in the Treaty of Fredrikshamn ( September 17 ), in which Sweden ceded the whole of Finland and part of Lapland east of the Torne River ( part of Norrlands län ) to Russia.

The first printed edition also includes an unrelated work as a kind of " encore ", the chorale prelude Vor deinen Thron tret Ich hiermit ( Herewith I come before Thy Throne ), BWV 668a, which Bach is said to have dictated on his deathbed.

Corea usually performs " Spain " with a prelude based on Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez ( 1940 ), which earlier received a jazz orchestration on Miles Davis ' and Gil Evans ' " Sketches of Spain ".

In 875 the Danish leader Halfdene ( Halfdan Ragnarsson ), who shared with his brother Ivar the Boneless the leadership of the Great Heathen Army that had conquered much of the south of England, moved north to spend the winter there, as a prelude to settlement and further conquest.

), the oratorio The Seasonings ( Haydn's The Seasons ), Diverse Ayres on Sundrie Notions, a Sonata for Viola Four Hands, the chorale prelude Should, a Notebook for Betty Sue Bach ( Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach and Buddy Holly's " Peggy Sue "), the Toot Suite, the Grossest Fugue ( Beethoven's Grosse Fuge ), a Fanfare for the Common Cold ( Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man ) and the canine cantata Wachet Arf!

In 1905 in the United States there was established the Industrial Workers of the World ( IWW ), a revolutionary industrial union which sought to organize workers across all industries as a prelude for the socialist transformation of the economy.

The disclosure by Charles Bellows, chief defense counsel, startled observers and was viewed as the prelude to a quarrel between the six attorneys representing the eight former policemen now on trial.

Uribe's supporters in turn believe that increased military action is a necessary prelude to any serious negotiation attempt with the guerrillas and that the increased security situation will help to, in the long term, focus more actively on reducing most wide-scale abuses and human rights violations on the part of both the armed groups and any rogue security forces that might have links to the paramilitaries.

Dada is the groundwork to abstract art and sound poetry, a starting point for performance art, a prelude to postmodernism, an influence on pop art, a celebration of antiart to be later embraced for anarcho-political uses in the 1960s and the movement that lay the foundation for Surrealism.

US minimalist composer Philip Glass wrote a prelude focused on the lower register that he scored for timpani and double bass.

The presence of the two opposing armed forces in Finland, the Red and the White Guards, imposed a state of " dual power " and " multiple sovereignty " on Finnish society, typically the prelude to civil war.

The prelude to the Summer of Love was the Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967, which was produced and organized by artist Michael Bowen as a " gathering of tribes ".

Instead of approaching The Hobbit as a children's book in its own right, critics such as Randell Helms picked up on the idea of The Hobbit as being a " prelude ", relegating the story to a dry-run for the later work.

On 17 March 2009 they showcased ten pages of art from the prelude to the series " The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World # 0-Dragonmount " on their website.

The strongest attacks were that it was the prelude for a national political machine on behalf of Roosevelt.

Says David Broza: " The group of people that my grandfather joined saw the place as an opportunity to expand on the idea of finding peace within yourself as a prelude to bringing peace to the community and the region ".

Dada is the groundwork to abstract art and sound poetry, a starting point for performance art, a prelude to postmodernism, an influence on pop art, a celebration of antiart to be later embraced for anarcho-political uses in the 1960s and the movement that lay the foundation for Surrealism.

Marcos claimed that martial law was the prelude to creating his Bagong Lipunan, a " New Society " based on new social and political values.

He was also seen playing a portion of Rachmaninoff's " Prelude in C # minor " in A Day at the Races and chords on the piano in A Night at the Opera, in such a way that the piano sounded much like a harp, as a prelude to actually playing the harp in that scene.

Napoleon interpreted the Russian efforts on his left as a prelude to an attack on Eylau from that quarter.

The persecution of the Roma by the Third Reich government began as early as 1936 when they began to be transferred to municipal internment camps on the outskirts of cities, a prelude to their deportation to extermination camps.

In 2013, Cilla Black will celebrate 50 years in show business ; as a prelude to this landmark anniversary, EMI ( the record label which launched her career in 1963 ) release on 23 April 2012 Completely Cilla: 1963-1973-a 5CD set containing 139 recordings ( all produced by George Martin ) and a bonus DVD of rare BBC TV music performances.

The only two points on which he departed from the orthodox Lutheran faith of his day were the requirement of regeneration as the sine qua non of the true theologian, and the expectation of the conversion of the Jews and the fall of Papacy as the prelude of the triumph of the church.

A long musical prelude as well as an overture preceded the film with Tiomkin conducting the studio orchestra ; this recording was later issued on LP and CD.

This could be a prelude to artificial intelligence networks on the Internet eventually leading to a powerful superintelligence via a technological singularity.

In January 2005, Jerry Springer-The Opera, a satirical musical / opera based upon The Jerry Springer Show, was broadcast on BBC Two, following a highly successful West End run for several years, and as a prelude to the show's UK Tour.

The prelude to this moment can be heard on " The Good Old Days " from the Babyshambles Sessions, in which, after the lyric, " A list of things we said we'd do tomorrow ," Doherty yells ' Get a tattoo!

In 1931 German author Carl Zuckmayer wrote a play about the affair called The Captain of Köpenick, which shifts the focus from the event at Köpenick itself to the prelude, showing how his surroundings and his situation in life had helped Voigt form his plan.

In concert with Coltrane, Garrison would often play unaccompanied improvised solos, sometimes as the prelude to a song before the other musicians joined in.

In 2006, he gave a " Platform " talk on history writing and teaching at the National Theatre as a prelude to Alan Bennett ’ s play The History Boys and a new stage play set in the London of 1912.

Sentinel Prime appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

Megatron appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

" (" Juventus will enjoy some rest ; we hope that this rest will improve the play style and will be the necessary prelude to win the other championship, the most coveted one: the Italian Championship !").

Waspinator appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFcon voice actor play prelude comic.

Grimlock appears in the TFcon 2008 voice play prelude comic called " Ground Effects " where he helps the Dinobots to dig up a Transformer on Dinobot Island.

Jetfire appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFcon voice actor play prelude comic.

Cyclonus appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFcon voice actor play prelude comic.

Inferno appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFcon voice actor play prelude comic.

Swoop appears in the TFcon 2008 voice play prelude comic called " Ground Effects " where Grimlock orders the other Dinobots to dig up a Transformer on Dinobot Island.

Swoop appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

Bumblebee appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

In 1951, Alfred Hitchcock chose a mechanical-orchestra version to play at an amusement park as a prelude to Miriam's murder in Strangers on a Train.

The All-Star Game, which was originally scheduled to be held on July 14, now served as a prelude to play resuming on August 10.

Snarl appears in the TFcon 2008 voice play prelude comic called " Ground Effects " where Grimlock orders the other Dinobots to dig up a Transformer on Dinobot Island.

Snarl appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

Sludge appears in the TFcon 2008 voice play prelude comic called " Ground Effects " where Grimlock orders the other Dinobots to dig up a Transformer on Dinobot Island.

Perceptor appears in the Tfcon 2008 voice play prelude comic called " Ground Effects " where he detects a repeat repeat wave.

Perceptor appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFcon voice actor play prelude comic.

Obsidian appears among the characters in Re-Unification, the 2010 TFCon voice actor play prelude comic.

On 28 December, day of the Holy Innocents some Pastusos play with water in what may be considered a prelude to the January holidays, imitating carnival customs of the neighboring country of Ecuador where the Carnival of Quito ( February or March ) is characterized by the use of water fun.