ballade
noun
a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the envoy.
ballades
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pluralof ballade.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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But Louis Lortie offers a worthy addition with his elegant interpretations of the four ballades, the Opus 57 Berceuse, the Opus 60 Barcarolle and six nocturnes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2012
A 2004 recital disc by Piotr Anderszewski might not suit every taste, given the broad tempos and elastic phrasing this Polish-Hungarian pianist adopts in seven mazurkas, two ballades and two polonaises.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2010
Chopin composed only four ballades, but they contain some of his most passionate and enticing music.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fifteen ballades, twenty-two songs in various metres, eighty-two rondeaux, and forty-two songs for music, contain much of Marot's most beautiful work.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
Their ballades are for the most part either moral or occasional in subject, and rarely display signs of much attention to elegance of phraseology or to weight and value of thought.
From A Short History of French Literature by George Saintsbury
