ballad
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And it was a radical part of your tool set, throwing it into a ballad, which was also a canonized jazz standard.
There were no longer any chord changes, and it was no longer a ballad.
Toward the end, on the ballad “Someone Else,” she flies over the crowd while straddling a giant hot dog like Slim Pickens.
So begins “Song For Zula,” a beauteous six-minute ballad courtesy of Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Matthew Houck and co.
As soon as she sits down, as if on cue, the Lana Del Rey ballad “Video Games” comes on.
Gina Gershon on Being Donatella Versace, ‘Showgirls,’ and Bill Clinton RumorsMarlow Stern
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Historical Examples of ballad
It was the ballad she had sung at Christmas—in what different mood!
The Bacillus of BeautyHarriet Stark
The hint of this ballad is found in Arndt's Murchen, Berlin, 1816.
The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
This ballad was written on the occasion of a Horticultural Festival.
The Works of Whittier, Volume I (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Apropos, how do you like this thought in a ballad I have just now on the tapis?
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
On the present occasion, I was prepared with a ballad of his.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald