Ballade Definition
bə-läd, bă-
noun
A verse form usually consisting of three stanzas of eight or ten lines each along with a brief envoy, with all three stanzas and the envoy ending in the same one-line refrain.
American Heritage
A verse form that has three stanzas of eight or ten lines each and an envoy of four or five lines: the last line of each stanza and of the envoy is the same.
Webster's New World
A composition, usually for the piano, having the romantic or dramatic quality of a narrative poem.
American Heritage
A musical composition of a romantic or narrative nature, esp. for piano.
Webster's New World
(music) Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Ballade
Noun
Singular:
ballade
Plural:
ballades
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