Ballad

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

Musical term

• Ballad, form of narrative poetry, often put to music
• Ballade, verse form common in the 14th and 15th centuries
• Ballade (music), type of musical setting of French poetry common in the 14th and 15th centuries
• Ballata, Italian poetic and musical form, which was in use from the late 13th to the 15th century
• Piano ballad, lyrical piece for piano in a narrative style

Titles

• Ballads (Mary J. Blige album), 2000 album by Mary J. Blige
• Ballads (John Coltrane album), 1962 album by the John Coltrane Quartet
• Ballads (David Murray album)
• Ballads (Richard Marx album)
• Ballads, an album by Burl Ives
• Murder Ballads, album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• Ballads – The Love Song Collection, album by Boyzone
• The Ballads (Mariah Carey album), 2009 album by Mariah Carey
• The Ballads (REO Speedwagon album), 1999 album by REO Speedwagon
• Ballade (Balanchine), ballet by George Balanchine
• Ballade (Robbins), a ballet by Jerome Robbins
• "Ballad (Namonaki Koi no Uta)", a song by Tibetan J-pop singer alan
• "The Ballad", a song by Bang Camaro from Bang Camaro (album)
• "You Were.../Ballad", 2009 single by Ayumi Hamasaki
• Ballad, a 2009 movie starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
• "Ballad", 10th episode of Glee

Other

• Ballade, a typeface designed in 1938 by Paul Renner
• Honda Ballade, a compact car
• Balade (New Caledonia), locality in New Caledonia
• Ballade (RKN-003), a character from Mega Man IV and Mega Man V

See also

• Balad (disambiguation)
• Ballard (disambiguation)

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