Dmitry Kabalevsky's Preludes, Op. 38 are a set of 24 piano pieces in the Chopinian model, each based on a folksong and each in a different key. It was composed in 1943–44, and dedicated to Nikolai Myaskovsky, his teacher. It is one of a number of examples of music written in all 24 major and minor keys.

Date of composition 1944 (1943-1944)
Dedicated to Dedicated to Nikolai Myaskovsky, composer's teacher
Type Prelude
Catalogue Op. 38
Instruments Piano
Autotranslations beta Dmitri Kabalevski: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 38
Dmitrij Borisovič Kabalevskij: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 38
Dmitri Borissowitsch Kabalewski: Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 38