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

Etymology

Origin of ballata

1755–65; < Italian < Old Provençal balada ballad

Example Sentences

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ballata ballate

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 Henderson, W. J. (William James)

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 Mabie, Hamilton Wright

We are, moreover, justified in concluding from the character of the final chorus that it was a ballata or dance song and hence a frottola of the carnival song variety.

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

The dance following the ballata must have been effective.

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

Late that night Cino was in his chamber writing a ballata.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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 Symonds, John Addington

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 Hewlett, Maurice Henry

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 Symonds, John Addington

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