ALL meanings of ballade
bal·lade
B b - noun ballade a verse form consisting of three stanzas and an envoy, all ending with the same line. The first three stanzas commonly have eight or ten lines each and the same rhyme scheme 3
- noun ballade an instrumental composition, esp for piano, based on or intended to evoke a narrative 3
- noun ballade 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 3
- noun ballade a musical composition of a romantic or narrative nature, esp. for piano 3
- noun plural ballade a poem consisting commonly of three stanzas having an identical rhyme scheme, followed by an envoy, and having the same last line for each of the stanzas and the envoy. 1
- noun plural ballade Music. a composition in free style and romantic mood, often for solo piano or for orchestra. 1
- noun ballade A poem normally composed of three stanzas and an envoi. The last line of the opening stanza is used as a refrain, and the same rhymes, strictly limited in number, recur throughout. 1
- noun ballade (music) Any of various genres of single-movement musical pieces having lyrical and narrative elements. 0