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 Great Britain and Ireland from the Late Middle Ages until the 19th century. They were widely used across Eur ...

is a form of narrative poetry, often put to music, or a type of sentimental love song in modern popular music. Ballad or Ballade may also refer to:

Music

Genres and forms

Ballade (classical music) A ballade (; ; and ,) refers to a one- movement instrumental piece with lyrical and dramatic narrative qualities reminiscent of such a song setting, especially a piano ballade. In 19th century romantic music, a piano ballade is a genre of solo pi ...

, a

musical setting A musical setting is a musical composition that is written on the basis of a literary work. The literary work is said to be ''set'', or adapted, ''to music''. Musical settings include choral music and other vocal music. A musical setting is made to ...

of a literary ballad, or a romantic instrumental piece, especially for piano *

Ballade (forme fixe) The ''ballade'' (; ; not to be confused with the ballad) is a form of medieval and Renaissance French poetry as well as the corresponding musical chanson form. It was one of the three ''formes fixes'' (the other two were the Rondeau (forme fix ...

, a French poetic and musical form common in the 14th and 15th centuries *

Ballata The ''ballata'' (plural: ''ballate'') is an Italian poetic form, poetic and musical form in use from the late 13th to the 15th century. It has the musical form AbbaA, with the first and last stanzas having the same texts. It is thus most similar ...

, a similar Italian poetic and musical form *

Sentimental ballad A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. Balla ...

, a style of popular music, in many genres, that often deals with romantic relationships **

Korean ballad Korean ballad, also known as K-ballad (often simply referred to by South Koreans as ballad; ), is a style of music in South Korea and a genre in which soul and rhythm and blues music is transformed to suit Korean sentiment. It became popular in t ...

, a genre popular since the 1980s **

Latin ballad Latin ballad () is a sentimental ballad derived from bolero that originated in the early 1960s in Los Angeles, California and Southern California. Some of the best known artists of the Latin ballad are Julio Iglesias, Mocedades, José Luis Rod ...

, a genre that originated in the 1960s in Spain and Latin America

Classical compositions

* ''Ballad'' (John Ireland), a 1929 composition for piano by John Ireland * ''Ballad'', a composition by

Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of ...

* ''Ballad'', a composition by

Arnold Bax Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (8 November 1883 – 3 October 1953) was an English composer, poet, and author. His prolific output includes songs, choral music, chamber pieces, and solo piano works, but he is best known for his orchestral music ...

* ''Ballad'', a composition by Paul Ben-Haim * ''Ballad'', a composition by

Eric Coates Eric Francis Harrison Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and, early in his career, a leading violist. Coates was born into a musical family, but, despite his wishes and obvious talent, his parents ...

* ''Ballad'', a composition by

Sibelius Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Julius Christian Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's greatest composer, and his music is often ...

* ''Ballade'' (Balanchine), a ballet by

George Balanchine George Balanchine (; Various sources: * * * * born Georgiy Melitonovich Balanchivadze;, Romanization of Georgian, : April 30, 1983) was a Georgian-American ballet choreographer, recognized as one of the most influential choreographers ...

* ''Ballade'' (Robbins), a ballet by

Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...

* Ballades, Op. 10 (Brahms) *

Ballades (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin's Four Ballades are single- movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1831 and 1842. They are considered to be some of the most important and challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire. Form Chopin used the ...

, 1831–1842 *

Ballade (Dvořák) The Ballade in D minor, Op. 15 ( B. 139), is a ballade for violin and piano, composed by Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other ...

, 1884

Performers

The Ballads (group) The Ballads were an American vocal group formed in 1961 in Oakland. Band members included Nathaniel Romerson, Jon Foster, Rico Thompson, and Leslie LaPalmer The band had one hit single in 1968, entitled "God Bless Our Love". This song reached #65 ...

, a 1960s American R&B vocal group

Albums

* ''Ballads'' (Derek Bailey album), 2002 * ''Ballads'' (Mary J. Blige album), 2000 * ''Ballads'' (Liane Carroll album), 2013 * ''Ballads'' (John Coltrane album), 1962 * ''Ballads'' (David Murray album), 1988 * ''Ballads'' (Richard Marx album) * ''Ballads'' (Despina Vandi album) * ''Ballads'' (Earl Klugh album), 1993 * ''Ballads'' (Harem Scarem album), 1999 * ''Ballads'' (Paul Bley album), 1971 * ''Ballads'' (Ken Stubbs album), 2000 * ''Ballads'', an album by

Burl Ives Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American Folk music, folk singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his o ...

* '' Ballads - The Love Song Collection'', a 2003 album by Boyzone * ''The Ballads'' (Mariah Carey album), 2009 * ''The Ballads'' (REO Speedwagon album), 1999 * ''The Ballads'' (Doro album) * ''

Ballads 1 ''Ballads 1'' is the debut studio album by Japanese-Australian singer-songwriter Joji (musician), Joji. It serves as a follow-up to the previous year's ''In Tongues (EP), In Tongues'' (his first project as Joji) and ''Pink Season'' (his only albu ...

'', a 2018 album by Joji

Songs

* "Ballad" (Ayumi Hamasaki song), 2009 * " Ballad (Namonaki Koi no Uta)", by Alan, 2009 * "Ballad", by Vangelis from ''

Spiral In mathematics, a spiral is a curve which emanates from a point, moving further away as it revolves around the point. It is a subtype of whorled patterns, a broad group that also includes concentric objects. Two-dimensional A two-dimension ...

'' * "The Ballad", by Bang Camaro from ''

Bang Camaro Bang Camaro is an American hard rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Founded by guitarists Bryn Bennett and Alejandro Necochea in 2005, it is composed of members of various indie rock bands from the area. In 2009, the group is signed with Black ...

'' * "The Ballad", by Blur from '' The Ballad of Darren'' * "The Ballad", by Testament from ''

Practice What You Preach ''Practice What You Preach'' is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Testament, released on August 8, 1989 via Atlantic/ Megaforce. Propelled by the singles "Greenhouse Effect", "The Ballad" and the title track " Practice What Yo ...

Other uses

* "Ballad" (''Glee''), a television episode * ''Ballad'', a 2009 movie starring

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi is a Japanese actor, singer, television host, and a former member of SMAP, one of the best-selling boy bands in Asia. Early life Kusanagi grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan. Career Music In 1987, at age 13, Kusanagi auditioned to enter John ...

* Ballade, a typeface designed in 1938 by

Paul Renner Paul Friedrich August Renner (9 August 1878 – 25 April 1956) was a German typeface designer, author, and founder of the Master School for Germany's Printers in Munich. In 1927, he designed the Futura (typeface), Futura typeface, which beca ...

Honda Ballade The is a subcompact automobile built by Honda of Japan. It began as a four-door higher equipment content version of the Civic in 1980. The Ballade was developed at the same time the Honda Vigor appeared, which was a higher content Honda Accord. ...

, a compact car * Ballade, a character from ''Mega Man IV'' and ''Mega Man V''