Ballad (disambiguation)

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The terms ballad and ballade can refer to any of the following things:

  • Ballad, a form of narrative poetry, often put to song, or a work of fiction with a legendary theme, used in the broadest sense.
  • Ballad (music), in Jazz or Popular music, usually a slow sentimental, love song or mellow aural tone, but occasionally a narrative song in verse form.
  • Ballade, a verse form common in the 1300s and 1400s.
  • Ballade (music), one type of musical setting of French poetry common in the 14th and 15th centuries; also used in the Romantic era for simply structured instrumental music.
  • Honda Ballade, a compact car.
  • Ballads (album), a 2000 album by Mary J. Blige.
  • Ballads (album) , a 1962 album by the John Coltrane Quartet.

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