ballade
noun [ C ] uk/bælˈɑːd/ us/bælˈɑːd/
literature specialized三节联韵诗
a poem with one or more sets of three stanzas (= groups of lines) and a refrain (= a repeated part)
Two of the poems are ballades and three rondeaux. 这些诗当中有两首是三节连韵诗，三首是十三行回旋诗。
music specialized（尤指为钢琴谱写的）叙事曲
a piece of classical music, especially for piano, in a romantic style
He was listening to a Chopin ballade on the radio. 他当时正在收音机里听肖邦的叙事曲。
- More examples
- The medieval ballade is a difficult form of verse.
- Our hero, the versifying soldier with the oversize nose, improvises a ballade during the duel.
- He joined a criminal organization, the "Brotherhood of the Coquille", and wrote some of his ballades in its secret jargon.
- a new recording of Grieg's Ballade in G minor
- It's in the ballades that his music is at its finest.