A form of French versification, sometimes imitated in English, in which three or four rhymes recur through three stanzas of eight or ten lines each, the stanzas concluding with a refrain, and the whole poem with an envoy.
is French in origin and made up of 28 lines, usually three stanzas of 8 lines and a concluding stanza, called envoy, of 4 lines. The last line of each stanza is the same and the scheme is ababbcbc and the envoy's is bcbc.
in fourteenth- and fifteenth-century French vocal music, one of the formes fixes of Trouvère music and poetry. Guillaume de Machaut composed at least fort-two ballades. In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Germany the term was used to describe poetry set as a through-composed narrative song, and later was applied to extended narratives involving music for chorus and soloists. [KJB, GJC
(OALD) 1 poem with one or more verses, each having 7, 8, or 10 lines, and a short final verse. 2 romantic piece of music.
(Fr., pronounced "bah-LAHD") : Title given by Chopin to four major one-movement works for piano solo, probably to suggest a musical version of the poetic ballad (a narrative, dramatic poem). Later composers, notably Brahms, also used the title.
(1) One of several types of medieval secular songs, usually in A-A-B form; (2) a type of nineteenth-century character piece for piano.
(1) A 14th/15th century French song form which set poetry to music (2) per Chopin, an instrumental (usually piano) piece with dramatic narrative qualities.
a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy
a medieval verse form that died out when the sonnet swept all before it in the Renaissance
an instrumental piece of music, usually piano, with extra musical connotations
a French poem of three stanzas and an envoy, a four-line refrain recited to another person.
A formalized Old French verse composition consisting of three 8-line stanzas and a 4-line envoi. The last line of each stanza is a refrain.
French poetic form and chanson type with courtly love texts. Also a Romantic genre, especially a lyric piano piece.
A type of poem, usually with three stanzas of seven, eight, or ten lines and a shorter final stanza (or envoy) of four or five lines. All stanzas end with the same one-line refrain.
one of the French formes fixe, cultivated in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A strophic piece with an internal structure of a a b X where a capital letter designates a refrain text and lower case designates new text. Ballades could be love songs, but were frequently so-called occasional pieces, with texts designed to fit a particular state occasion.
Refers to three stanzas of eight lines each and a half stanza of four lines (SEE ENVOY). The meter is usually iambic or anapestic tetrameter, and the rhyme scheme is regularly as such: Stanza 1 a b a b b c b c Stanza 2 a b a b b c b c Stanza 3 a b a b b c b c
A French poetic style and chanson type of the Middle Ages and Renaissance usually having a text dealing with courtly love.
A name for a miniature piano piece of dramatic nature. Ballades sometimes suggest a program.
Originally a song that tells a story. In Romantic music it is often used to mean instrumental works with a narrative quality.
In the medieval period a form of trouvere music and poetry. In later time, German poetry set as a through-composed song.
A poem of French origin consisting of three stanzas of either 7, 8 or 10 lines and ending with a refrain called an envoi. The envoi is usually half as long as the stanza.
The ballade is a verse form typically consisting of three eight-line stanzas, each with a consistent metre and a particular rhyme scheme. The last line in the stanza is a refrain, and the stanzas are followed by a four-line concluding stanza (an envoi) usually addressed to a prince. (The ballade should not be confused with the ballad.)
A ballade refers to a one-movement musical piece with lyrical and dramatic narrative qualities.
