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ballade

ballade (buläd') [key], in literature, verse form developed in France in the 14th and 15th cent. The ballade usually contains three stanzas of eight lines with three rhymes and a four-line envoy (a short, concluding stanza). Also popular was the ten-line stanza with four rhymes and a five-line envoy. The envoy is used primarily as a summary or as a dedication or direct address to an important person. Ballades of Charles d'Orléans, François Villon, and Geoffrey Chaucer are well known.

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CHOPIN: A wide-ranging selection of works including some Etudes Opp 10 & 25; Bolero Opus 19; Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Opus 22; First Ballade Opus 23; Second Scherzo Opus 31; Second Sonata Opus 35; Third Scherzo Opus 39; Allegro de Concert Opus 46; Fantaisie Opus 49; Fourth Ballade Opus 52; Polonaise Opus 53; Barcarolle Opus 60 (Musical Opinion)

Ballade No. 2 in F. Mazurkas, op. 33. Waltzes, op. 34. Impromptu No. 2 in F#. Piano Sonata No. 2 (Fanfare)

Slåtter: Excerpts (orch. Sommerfeldt). Norwegian Dances (orch. Sitt). Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak (orch. Halvorsen). Folkelivsbilleder: Bridal Procession (orch. Halvorsen). Ballade, op. 24 (orch. Tveitt). Lyric Pieces, op. 54: Ringing Bells (orch. Seidl/Grieg) (Fanfare)

Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2, op. 92; Ballade, op. 15; Adagio from Cinderella, Op. 97b; Cello Sonata, Op. 119 (Strings)

Harp Concerto in e.1 Flute Concerto in D.2 Ballade, op. 288(2) (Fanfare)

Chopin: Fantasy Opus 49; Nocturne Opus 48 No 1; Fourth Scherzo Opus 54; Barcarolle Opus 60; Nocturne Opus 15 No 1; Third Scherzo Opus 39; Mazurka Opus 17 No 4; Polonaise-Fantasy Opus 61; Tarantella Opus 43; Fourth Ballade Opus 52 (Musical Opinion)

MILHAUD: Music for Piano and Orchestra: Ballade Opus 61; Five Études Opus 63; La Carnaval d'Aix Opus 83b; Fantasie Pastorale Opus 188 (Musical Opinion)

Fantasy in f, op. 49. Waltzes: in D[musical flat], op. 64/1; in A[musical flat], op. 64/3; in c#, op. 64/2; in A[musical flat], op. 69/1. Ballade No. 4 in f, op. 52. Nocturnes: in c#, op. posth.; in F, op. 15/1; in F, op. 15/2; in B, op. 32/1. Étude in G[musical flat], op. 10/5. Andante spianato and Grande polonaise, op. 22. Preludes: in C, op. 28/1; in A, op. 28/7; in g, op. 28/22; in d, op. 28/24 (Fanfare)

Piano Concerto No. 1; Nocturnes Nos. 4, 5, 7, and 8; Ballade No 1; Polonaise No. 6. (Sensible Sound)

BENJAMIN BRITTEN: Resonances; Five Waltzes; A Little Idyll; Notturno/FRANK BRIDGE: Dramatic Fantasia; Gargoyle/JOHN IRELAND: Ballade of London Nights/LENNOX BERKELEY: 6 Preludes Opus 23/RONALD STEVENSON: Sonatina Serenissima/COLIN MATTHEWS: Five Studies (Musical Opinion)

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