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| bal·lade [ bə ld, ba ld ] (plural bal·lades) |
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1. poem with refrain: a poem consisting of three stanzas of eight or ten lines and a short concluding explanatory stanza envoy, all of which end with the same refrain
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2. instrumental piece suggesting story: an instrumental piece of music, usually for piano, intended to suggest the telling of a story as in a ballad. The best-known ballades in the classical repertoire are by Chopin and Brahms.
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| [14th century. Variant of ballad] |
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