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ballade

/buh-lahd, ba-; French ba-lad/US // bəˈlɑd, bæ-; French baˈlad //UK // (bæˈlɑːd, French balad) //

舞会,谣曲,戏曲,戏曲表演

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bal·lades [buh-lahdz, ba-; French ba-lad]. /bəˈlɑdz, bæ-; French baˈlad/.

    • : a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the envoy.
    • : Music. a composition in free style and romantic mood, often for solo piano or for orchestra.

Examples

  • The opening of this first Ballade is sad, sinister and mysterious, like the old Scotch story.

  • The second ballade, in D flat major, is more melodious and attractive, but less strong.

  • The belt over the hips of the cotehardie holds the purse, and often a ballade or a rondel.

  • He was condemned to die—he wrote his marvellous Ballade of the Gibbet while lying under sentence of death—but escaped.

  • The laws of the ballade apply to the chant royal, with some added details of its own.