PPT-Ballads

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 husbandwife relationships the supernatural. Although any stage of a given culture may produce ballads they are most character istic of primitive societies such as that of the American frontier in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries or that of the EnglishScottish border region in the later 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. William WordsworthSamuel Taylor Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 1798 A Critical Edition William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge DIGITAL PRESS with Introduction and Notes by Edward DowdenGeneral Edito SANDRA NARANJO. CLASSICAL. WINTER VIVALDI. REQUIEM MOZART. BALLADS. KAMILA. SANTIAGO . CRUZ. SIN . BANDERAS. Classical. . music. . is. . very. . beautiful. and . relaxing. and . is. art . too. WHAT IS A BALLAD?. A. . ballad is a lively . storytelling. (NARRATIVE) . poem written in what is called the . ballad . stanza. . (QUATTRAIN). ballads tell stories in a particularly lively. , scene-by-scene style. . 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.. Antonio Gómez-Zavala. Advisors: Dr. . Donaldo. . Urioste. & Dr. Rafael Gómez. Overview. The Mexican Ballad . The Mexican Revolution. “Machismo”/Manhood. The image of the Hero and the “Macho”. Ballads: Origins . http. ://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_ballad_background.html. The . ballad evolved and grew from several medieval roots, most notably Provencal folk music. .. K. nown . Ballads: Origins . http. ://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_ballad_background.html. The . ballad evolved and grew from several medieval roots, most notably Provencal folk music. .. K. nown . Ballads: Origins . http. ://www.webexhibits.org/poetry/explore_famous_ballad_background.html. The . ballad evolved and grew from several medieval roots, most notably Provencal folk music. .. K. nown . Historical Background . Started in 1798 when William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge released “Lyrical Ballads.”. Most significant event was The French Revolution and . Napoleanic. Wars. . Enthusiastic supporters of the revolution in its early stages were writers who would play a central role in romanticism. . 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. 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. th. and 15. th. centuries.. 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. .