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Maria Wiik, Ballad (1898) A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of Great Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America.
The English Broadside Ballad Archive was created in 2003 by Patricia Fumerton, Professor of English at UCSB to digitize broadside ballads of the heyday of the 17th century. Many of these ballads are currently held in difficult to access libraries in both North America and the United Kingdom, often in fragile condition, and EBBA's aim is to make ...
Take a trip down memory lane as you try to identify these iconic '60s songs based on snippets of their lyrics. From rock legends like Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles to folk icons like Bob Dylan ...
The Ballad of Mulan; Ballad stanza; Balladenjahr; Ballads (John Coltrane album) Ballads (Liane Carroll album) Ballads – The Love Song Collection; Ballads (David Murray album) Ballads (Despina Vandi album) Ballads (Earl Klugh album) Ballads (Ken Stubbs album) Ballads (Mary J. Blige album) Ballads (Richard Marx album) Ballads 1; The Ballads ...
In 19th century romantic music, a piano ballad (or 'ballade') is a genre of solo piano pieces [1] [2] written in a balletic narrative style, often with lyrical elements interspersed. Emerging in the Romantic era , it became a medium for composers to explore dramatic and expressive storytelling through complex, lyrical themes and virtuosic ...
The Ballad of Davy Crockett; The Ballad of Eskimo Nell; The Ballad of John and Yoko; Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) Be Here Now (George Harrison song) Be Still (Kelly Clarkson song) Begin Again (Taylor Swift song) The Birthday Party (song) Bitter Green; Blackbird (Beatles song) Blind (SZA song) Blouse (song) The Bonny Bunch of Roses
"The Ballad of Aidan McAnespie" – song about a young Catholic man, shot by a British soldier while walking to a Gaelic football match, at Aughnacloy border checkpoint in County Tyrone. [ 47 ] "The Ballad of Billy Reid" – song recorded by the Wolfe Tones, Shebeen, and others, about Provisional IRA member Billy Reid (killed in May 1971).
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