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Type Words
Synonyms lay
Type of poem, verse form
Has types edda
Derivation balladeer
Type Words
Synonyms lay
Type of song, vocal
Has types minstrelsy
Derivation balladeer

Examples of ballad

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Chances are the Perrys will perform the beautiful ballad for many years to come.
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The production on this midtempo ballad is minimal, and the subject self-evident.
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Restless Heart Syndrome also sheds its ballad skin for a more aggressive ending.
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No TV ad break is complete without a mawkish rendition of an already wet ballad.
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The story of Little Saint Hugh became well known through medieval ballad poetry.
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It was at Sockburn that Coleridge wrote his ballad-poem Love, addressed to Sara.
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In the 18th century, some Singspiele were translations of English ballad operas.
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The Latin or romantic ballad is a latin music genres that originated in the 60s.
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This great CD of big band and ballad vocals was never released in Ray's lifetime?
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More examples
  • A narrative song with a recurrent refrain
  • A narrative poem of popular origin
  • A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later North America, Australia and North Africa. ...
  • "Ballad" is the tenth episode of the American television series Glee. The episode premiered on the Fox network on November 18, 2009, and was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk. "Ballad" sees the glee club split into pairs to sing ballads to one another. ...
  • "Ballad (Namonaki Koi no Uta)" is the 10th Japanese single released by alan. The song is the theme song of the same-titled movie starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Yui Aragaki.
  • (Ballads (David Murray album)) Ballads is an album by David Murray released on the Japanese DIW label. It was released in 1988 and features six quartet performances by Murray with Fred Hopkins, Dave Burrell and Ralph Peterson Jr..
  • (Ballads (Despina Vandi)) Ballads is the third compilation album by Greek singer Despina Vandi, featuring a collection of ballads and love songs during her time at the Minos EMI label. The album was included as the second disc of the box set Despina Vandi in 2006.
  • (Ballads (John Coltrane album)) Ballads is a jazz album by the John Coltrane Quartet. It was recorded in December 1961 and 1962, and released on the Impulse! label in 1962 as A-32 and later AS-32 (the "s" is for "stereo"). ...
  • A long song or poem that tells a story; A slow romantic pop song