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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of England, Ireland and Scotland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America.

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Origins

Ballad form

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Ballad operas

Beyond Europe

Sentimental ballads

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related to References and further reading · 46
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related to Ballad operas · 35
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related to Traditional ballads · 32
Ballad → Ancient English Poetry, Around, Burns, Early, Edinburgh University, English, Europe, From, George Thompson, He, Inspired, James Johnson, Minstrelsy, Original Scottish Airs, Reliques, Robert Burns, Robert Harley, Robin Hood, Roxburghe Ballads, Samuel Pepys
related to Literary ballads · 24
Ballad → Ancient Mariner, At, Barrack-Room Ballads, Coleridge, Coleridge's The Rime, England William Wordsworth, Germany Goethe, Keats, Later, Literary, Lyrical Ballads, Oscar Wilde's The Ballad, Reading Gaol, Respected, Robert Burns, Romantic, Rudyard Kipling's, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Schiller, Schubert
related to American ballads · 17
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related to Sentimental ballads · 13
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related to Ballad form · 12
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related to Bush ballads · 12
Ballad → Australia, Australian, Great Britain, Ireland, John Meredith, National Library, Ned Kelly, Several, The, The Bush, Typical, Waltzing Matilda
related to Origins · 12
Ballad → As, Ballads, Beowulf, England, French, Germanic, Judas, Minnelieder, Minnesang, Musically, Scandinavian, The

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ballads century music form often songs popular many used english traditional england opera printed later song 19th tradition broadside narrative

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Beowulfinstance oftheir theme and function may originate from Scandinavian and Germanic traditions of storytelling that can be seen in poems0.80text
travel to the Fairy Kingdom in the Scots balladinstance ofeven exhibiting some pre-Christian influences in the inclusion of supernatural elements0.80text
Bishop Thomas Percyinstance ofThe ballads remained an oral tradition until the increased interest in folk songs in the 18th century led collectors0.80text
the enclosure movement as many of the ballads deal with themes concerning rural laborersinstance ofsometimes associated with the Lancashire-born sixteenth-century minstrel Richard Sheale.It has been suggested that the increasing interest in traditional popular ballads during…0.80text
Chicagoinstance ofSatiric elements of ballad opera can be seen in some modern musicals0.80text
Cabaretinstance ofSatiric elements of ballad opera can be seen in some modern musicals0.80text
Ned Kellyinstance ofand outlaws0.80text
as well as love interestsinstance ofand outlaws0.80text
more modern fare such as truckinginstance ofand outlaws0.80text
Balladrelated to American balladsSome0.60section

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