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/ˈbaləd/,
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ballads, plural;
  1. A poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next as part of the folk culture

  2. A slow sentimental or romantic song

  1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
  2. a narrative poem of popular origin
  3. 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. ...
  4. "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. ...
  5. "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.
  6. (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..
  7. (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.
  8. (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"). ...
  9. A long song or poem that tells a story; A slow romantic pop song
  10. (Ballads) (Turkish: Ağıtlar) was a book published in 1943 by Yaşar Kemal. It is a compilation of folk themes that include accounts of the Battle of Sarikamish.
  11. (Ballads) dramatic poems that tell stories handed down from one generation to the next; tell stories about heroes, murders, love, tragedies; The Streets of Laredo
  12. (ballads) songs that tell stories, many dating back hundreds of years; term also served as a title for piano pieces of a vaguely descriptive character.
  13. A story in poetic form, often about tragic love and usually sung. Ballads were passed down from generation to generation by singers. Two old Scottish ballads are "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Bonnie Barbara Allan." Coleridges, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a 19th century English ballad. ...
  14. A poem in verse form that tells a story. See Poetry, Refrain
  15. A strophic narrative song, often passed along through the oral tradition.
  16. A poem that tells a story similar to a folk tale or legend and often has a repeated refrain. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an example of a ballad.
  17. A short poem that tells a simple story and has a repeated refrain. Ballads were originally intended to be sung. Early ballads, known as folk ballads, were passed down through generations, so their authors are often unknown. Later ballads composed by known authors are called literary ballads. ...
  18. A fairly short narrative poem written in a song-like stanza form.
  19. originally a song which tells a story, often involving dialogue. Characteristically, the storyteller's own feelings are not expressed.
  20. A relatively slow, quiet, and pretty composition
  21. songs that tell stories about historical events and characters. Such events may have major, national social-political implications, or recount occurrences within a local community.
  22. A simple song or poem, usually containing news or a story. Ballads were a good way of circulating ideas to people who couldn't read.
  23. A song-story, told with action-packed verse and dialogue, originated by Homer, then cultivated in medieval France and Denmark before reviving in Italy and England during the Renaissance. Now the most popular form of lyric writing in pop music. Learn more about Ballad.
  24. a popular song, often recited aloud, narrating a story, and passed down orally. Over 300 traditional English ballads, in up to 25 versions each, were edited as the so-called "Child ballads" (named after the editor, F. J. Child) 1882-98. ...
  25. In common parlance, song hits, folk music, and folktales or any song that tells a story are loosely called ballads. In more exact literary terminology, a ballad is a narrative poem consisting of quatrains of iambic tetrameter alternating with iambic trimeter. ...