BALLADS

Meaning of BALLADS in English

➡ folk music and songs

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BALLADS — harana
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BALLADS — Баллады
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BALLADS — Баллады
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BALLADS — Баллады
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OSSIANIC BALLADS — Irish Gaelic and Scottish lyric and narrative poems dealing with the legendary Finn MacCumhaill and his war band. They are …
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OSSIANIC BALLADS — Irish lyric and narrative poems dealing with the legends of Finn MacCumhaill and his war band. They are named for …
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BALLADRY — noun Date: 1596 the composing or performing of ballads, ballads
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SERVICE, ROBERT (WILLIAM) — born Jan. 16, 1874, Preston, Lancashire, Eng. died Sept. 11, 1958, Lancieux, France English-born Canadian popular verse writer. He immigrated …
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ROBIN HOOD — Legendary English outlaw. The hero of ballads dating from as early as the 14th century, Robin Hood was a rebel …
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KIPLING, (JOSEPH) RUDYARD — born Dec. 30, 1865, Bombay, India died Jan. 18, 1936, London, Eng. Indian-born British novelist, short-story writer, and poet. The …
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BALLADIST — n. writer or composer of ballads; singer of ballads, one who sings ballads
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SINGER-SONGWRITERS — professional troubadours performing autobiographical songs who ascended in the early 1970s to the forefront of commercial pop in the wake …
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ROMANCERO — collective body of Spanish folk ballads (romances), which constitute a unique tradition of European balladry. They resemble epic poetry in …
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POP BALLAD — form of slow love song prevalent in nearly all genres of popular music. There are rock ballads, soul ballads, country …
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FOLK ART
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BROADSIDE BALLAD — a descriptive or narrative verse or song, commonly in a simple ballad form, on a popular theme, and sung or …
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BALLAD — form of short narrative folk song the distinctive style of which crystallized in Europe during the late Middle Ages. The …
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WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM — born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, Cumberland, Eng. died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount, Westmorland William Wordsworth, portrait by Henry Eldridge, …
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SPANISH LITERATURE
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SERVICE, ROBERT W. — born Jan. 16, 1874, Preston, Lancashire, Eng. died Sept. 11, 1958, Lancieux, France in full Robert William Service popular verse …
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SCOTT, SIR WALTER, 1ST BARONET — born Aug. 15, 1771, Edinburgh died Sept. 21, 1832, Abbotsford, Roxburgh, Scot. Scottish novelist, poet, historian, and biographer who is …
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ROMANTICISM — attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over …
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ROBIN HOOD — legendary outlaw hero of a series of English ballads, some of which date from at least as early as the …
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PERCY, THOMAS — born , April 13, 1729, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, Eng. died Sept. 30, 1811, Dromore, County Down, Ire. English antiquarian and bishop …
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ORBISON, ROY — born April 23, 1936, Vernon, Texas, U.S. died Dec. 6, 1988, Hendersonville, Tenn. Roy Orbison. American singer-songwriter best remembered for …
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JOHN, SIR ELTON
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CHILD, FRANCIS J(AMES) — born Feb. 1, 1825, Boston, Mass., U.S. died Sept. 11, 1896, Boston American scholar and educator important for his systematic …
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CELTIC LITERATURE — the body of writings composed in Irish and the languages derived from it, Scottish Gaelic and Manx, and in Welsh …
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AYTOUN, WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE — born June 21, 1813, Edinburgh, Scot. died Aug. 4, 1865, Elgin, Moray poet famous for parodies and light verse that …
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BALLAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB sing ▪ Here was a community in which people argued fiercely about theology, even …
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ROBIN HOOD — Legendary English outlaw. The hero of ballads dating from as early as the 14th century, Robin Hood was a rebel …
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