PPT-The Ballad Tradition

English and Scottish Ballads Date from the 14 th amp 15 th centuries Most authors are unknown First collected and published during the 18 th century Folk Ballads Rhymed verse that was either recited or sung. The ballad stanza is simple to illustrate and recognize and not very hard to describe In its most familiar version the ballad stanza is four lines of alternating fourbeat tetrameter and threebeat trimeter verse with Y W Y Z Island written out here Ballad Maj 11 sus sus Maj Maj 11 Charles Mingus Goodbye Pork Pie Hat Why did people sing ballads?. A ballad is a form of verse to be sung or recited. It’s usually a dramatic episode in simple narrative form. . Most of the English and Scottish ballads are from the 14. Poetry of the People. Word “ballad” is an Old French term meaning “dancing song”. Subjects of ballads were predictable and sensational. Domestic tragedy, false love, true love, the absurdity of husband-wife relationships, the supernatural. J. Paul. Fiesta San Antonio is a cultural tradition celebrated by people.. Fiesta means PARTY!!. The tradition of Fiesta San Antonio began or has its origins in the state of Texas.. The purpose of the tradition is to honor the battles of The Alamo and San Jacinto.. late. . Mabbie. b. y . Gwendolyn Brooks. The Author. Gwendolyn Brooks is . an African American. poet who was born on . June 7, 1917 and died . December 3, 2000. . She wrote abo. u. t the culture and world she knew: growing up black and poor in a prejudice, racist world. Her poems vary in genre and are colorful and powerful. . A BALLAD IN MIDDLE ENGLISH. Ballad. a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. .. Middle English ballads were meant to be sung…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eto6DU_2oI. Ballad. A typical ballad consists of stanzas that contain a quatrain or four poetical lines. . MRS. LEACH. British Literature. Unit 2: The . Middle Ages. Instruments of the Middle Ages. link. Ballads. w. ere story poems set to music so that non-readers and non-writers could enjoy sensational events and everyday calamity. Usually they were from an anonymous author and just like Anglo-Saxon works, were spread from singer to singer. The name of this singer was a Troubadour.. XIII – XV CENTURIES. Anonymous oral form. which appears in the . late Middle Ages. throughout . Europe.. The . oral mode. makes the . sound aspect. very . important. for the ballad singer because:. Traditionalism. Knowing the Difference. Jaroslav . Pelikan. : “Tradition. is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living.”. Tradition is a democracy that gives the dead a vote.. . . Discipleship Group. SMSV . 28.08.2016. Main Points. Introduction.. Definition.. Church Fathers on the . i. mportance of Tradition. Church or Scriptures, where is the dilemma . ?. Development of the Revelation on St . Learning . Objectives. To learn what Ballads are.. To create our Ballads.. In your exercise copy, summarise a story. . D. escribe. any story in three. to six lines. It can be a fairytale, a movie, T.V. Show, book or any tale.. Rhymed verse that is recited or sung, out of local stories and tall tales. During the Middle Ages, balladeers often resembled journalists; ballads often recounted actual events.. Murderous acts and desire for revenge. By Sam Adams. Jim Croce: . Operator. (Folk Rock). What was studied?. Why is it important?. What is my connection?. Ballads: Modern Definition. Tells a story.. Tends to be cultural or regional.. Follows a quatrain style of alternate rhyming lines. .