Complex sentence: With its pointed rhythms, the prologue is in the style of a French overture "to the Frenchwoman", a fundamental underlying rhythm present from the start, which is transformed by subdivisions of successive values made increasingly complex.
Split into simpler sentences: With its pointed rhythms, the prologue starts with the manner of opening "to the Frenchwoman". There is a fundamental rhythm present from the very start of the work, which is transformed by subdivisions of successive values made increasingly complex.