<P> "Prelude to a Kiss" is a 1938 ballad composed by Duke Ellington, with lyrics by Irving Gordon and Irving Mills . </P> <P> This composition is in the key of D - flat Major, but makes extensive use of the secondary dominant chords, secondary ii--V--I progressions, diatonic circle of fifths, and evaded cadences . The song is extremely chromatic and complex, employing sophisticated mathematics that were rare at this time in jazz: Ellington's rising semitones (G-G #- A-A #- B) at the end of the bridge mirror the opening of both A sections (B-A #- A-G #- G). </P>

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