PPT-The Ballad Tradition

Why did people sing ballads A ballad is a form of verse to be sung or recited Its usually a dramatic episode in simple narrative form Most of the English and Scottish ballads are from the 14. 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 ”. Robert W. Service. YOU NEED NOTEBOOKS. Page 637. Type of Poem: Ballad. A song or songlike poem that tells a story.. Usually about lost love, betrayal or death.. Sometimes have supernatural events.. 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. . 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.. Many things we practice are said to be merely “Church of Christ tradition.”. Believers Baptism. Baptism for Remission of Sins. A cappella Singing . Weekly Lord’s Supper. Independent churches. Elders and Deacons. 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.. Tradition – Divine and Human. Tradition of the Elders. – Matthew 15:1-9 –. Tradition of God. – 2 Thessalonians 2:13-15 –. The Problem With Instrumental Music in Worship. Authority of Divine Tradition. UW-Madison Oral History Project. IWU Research . Seminar. 7 October 2015. Jan . Vansina. in . Living with Africa. [After describing the scene of an interview with one of his . Bushong. informants—. 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.. Oral Tradition – literature passed down through the ages by word of mouth. Give a glimpse into the history, customs, beliefs, and values of their respective cultures. Emphasis on social and cultural contexts. Appalachian College Association Summit. October 15, 2011. Carol Boggess, Professor of English. Shannon Lucas, Reference/ Instruction Librarian. Karen Paar, Director Ramsey Center/ Archivist. Mars Hill College. THE DRUG BALLAD MUSIC FROM THE BORDER1Maria del Carmen de la Peza To achieve this aim let me begin by exploring on the main characteristics of a ballad in order to compare a ballad with a drug ballad 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..