ballade
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- noun
- /bəˈlɑːd/
- Literature
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balada
- A husband-and-wife team of collaborators illustrated the way that the theory behind video games, with its production of anticipation through the use of selective constraints, could illuminate the ascent of the rondo over the ballade in medieval music.
- Ballade in D minor
Examples
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François Villon, Ballade of the Hanged, translated by Arthur Raab
Fiction book (1991) -
When I was 12 or so and a serious piano student, I bought an LP recording of Arthur Rubinstein playing Chopin's four ballades.
Blog text (6) -
The main business of the ballade had started.
Blog text (6) -
From the start of Rubinstein's account of the Ballade.
Blog text (6) -
The ballade opened with a forceful line that began in the low register of the piano and rose up the keyboard in octaves, as if making some grim declaration.
Blog text (6) -
You would not hear them jingle, as G. K. Chesterton does in "A Ballade of a Book Reviewer": "I'll read 'Jack Redskin on the Quest' and feed my brain with better things.
Fiction book (1994) -
Francois Villon, Ballade des dames du temps jadis (c. 1462).
Academic text (1995) -
One of the most celebrated forms of poetry is the ballade, which typically consists of three stanzas and a refrain.
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The ballade tells a compelling story, often weaving intricate tales through its structured verses.
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In her latest collection, the poet includes a ballade that beautifully captures the essence of lost love.
Synonyms
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A song or poem that tells a story, often from folk tradition
A short medieval poem that tells a romantic story from legend
An old short song or poem with a repeated part people sing together
How Structured
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ballade comes from an old French word meaning 'dance' and is related to the English ballad, which began as a 'song' for dancing. So, a ballade is a poem or 'song' that tells a story and often uses a repeated line like a refrain.