ballad
Sign in to savethumb|Maria Wiik, Ballad (1898)
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18 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Ballad form
- Composition
- Transmission
- Classification
- Traditional ballads
- Broadsides
- Literary ballads
- Ballad operas
- Beyond Europe
- American ballads
- Blues ballads
- Bush ballads
- Sentimental ballads
- See also
- Citations
- References and further reading
- External links
thumb|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 England, Ireland and Scotland 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.