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Maria Wiik, Ballad (1898) 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 Europe, and later in Australia, North Africa, North America and South America.
The Ballad of Spiro Agnew; The Ballad of the Green Berets; La Ballade des gens heureux; Ballade pour Adeline ¡Basta Ya! (song) Battlefield (song) Be Free (song) Be My Girl (New Kids on the Block song) Be My Last; Be Strong (song) Be the Man; Be There with You; Be with You (BoA song) Beautiful (Mariah Carey song) Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me ...
Ballads are generally melodic enough to get the listener's attention. [2] Sentimental ballads are found in most music genres, such as pop, R&B, soul, country, folk, rock and electronic music. [3] Usually slow in tempo, ballads tend to have a lush musical arrangement which emphasizes the song's melody and harmonies.
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music [1] to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.
"Over the Rainbow" (Arlen/Harburg) exemplifies the 20th-century popular 32-bar song. [1]The 32-bar form, also known as the AABA song form, American popular song form and the ballad form, is a song structure commonly found in Tin Pan Alley songs and other American popular music, especially in the first half of the 20th century.
Part of the "Furious 7" soundtrack, this hip-hop and pop-rap ballad topped the Billboard Hot 100 charts for 12 nonconsecutive weeks in 2015, starting in late April and going through mid-July.
One of the main diffusers was Elvis Presley, when he diversified his music, in addition to rock and roll, cultivating the new ballad, influencing the romantic Sentimental ballad of the late decade (led by Paul Anka "You are my Destiny",1958, "Put your Head on my Shoulder",1959, and Neil Sedaka). Postwar years 1950s, Latin America, Europe and ...
Ballad 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