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

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

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

The third was probably intended to continue this subject, and the fourth was destined to the laws of the ballata and sonetto.

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

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 Greg, Walter W.

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

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

But soon, taking up her ballata afresh, she proceeded with still greater vehemence.

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

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

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