ballata

American  

[buh-lah-tuh] / bəˈlɑ tə /

noun

• ballate
  plural

1. a 14th-century Italian verse form composed of stanzas beginning and ending with a refrain, often set to music and accompanied by dancing.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ballate
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ballata

1755–65; < Italian < Old Provençal balada ballad

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Example Sentences

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ballata ballate

The remainder of the second book is given to the various forms of poetry,—the canzone, the ballata, the sonnet,—and to the rules of versification.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie

It was this same ballata, which had grown very popular, that the sailor had sung before Miss Lydia.

From Colomba by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd

There are also choral passages which suggest the existence of the frottola, the carnival song and the ballata.

From Some Forerunners of Italian Opera by W. J. (William James) Henderson

This was Barricini, the lawyer, mayor of Pietranera, who had come, with his two sons, to show the prefect what a ballata was.

From Colomba by Lady Mary Sophia (Hely-Hutchinson) Loyd

It was originally a ballata, but I prefer to quote some stanzas from the traditional version: Vaghe le montanine e pastorelle, Donde venite sì leggiadre e belle?--

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg

He found nothing' easier than to throw aside his professor's mantle and to improvise ballate for women to chant as they danced their rounds upon the Piazza di S. Trinità.

From The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti by John Addington Symonds

Though unequal in quality, his sonnets and ballate, whether separately published or scattered through his numerous prose works, have a higher merit.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds

Besides the smaller poems contained in the Vita Nuova and Convito there are a considerable number of canzoni, ballate and sonnetti bearing the poet’s name.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

There is hardly a sonnet, there are certainly neither ballate, canzoni, nor capitoli which do not contain some reference to Monna Selvaggia's fine eyes, and always to the same tune.

From Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Henry Hewlett

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