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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 ...
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.
When the word ballad appears in the title of a song, as for example in the Beatles' "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969) or Billy Joel's "The Ballad of Billy the Kid" (1974), the folk music sense is generally implied. The term ballad is also sometimes applied to strophic story-songs more generally, such as Don McLean's "American Pie" (1971).
Broadside Ballads:Songs from the Streets, Taverns, Theatres and Countryside of 17th Century England (incl songs, orig melodies, and chord suggestions) by Lucie Skeaping (2005), Faber Music Ltd. ISBN 0-571-52223-8 (Information and samples of more than 80 broadside ballads and their music) The British Broadside Ballad and Its Music by Claude M ...
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 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 ...
The Ballad of Spiro Agnew; The Ballad of the Green Berets; La Ballade des gens heureux; Ballade pour Adeline ¡Basta Ya! (song) Battlefield (song) Be Free (song) Be My Girl (New Kids on the Block song) Be My Last; Be Strong (song) Be the Man; Be There with You; Be with You (BoA song) Beautiful (Mariah Carey song) Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me ...
The Singing Tradition of Child's Popular Ballads (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1976. Northfield, Minnesota: Loomis House Press, 2009 reissue) The Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads: Digital Edition (New York: Camsco Music, 2009) is a CD-R of a scan of Bronson's above-listed four-volume publication.