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Meanings of folk ballad in inglés

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cançó tradicional

A song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.

cançó tradicional

Anonymous ballad passed along orally from generation to generation, often undergoing many changes.

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Usage of folk ballad in inglés
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The link between poetry and song, and especially between folk ballad and written poem, is unbroken.
The Irish Times
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The Hill Country Corporate Choir recorded it a few years ago as part of their folk ballad series.
Year's best sf 15
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A rich version of "John Henry," the archetypal American folk ballad, stands out in that genre.
Wired
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Richard Dawson opens his short, early-evening show at Rough Trade East with a traditional folk ballad, The Cruel Ship's Carpenter.
The Guardian
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Transcript Something that we're very inspired by are traditional and classic folk songs and folk ballads.
The new yorker
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Expect excellent insightful (if slightly abstract) confessional songs as well as some Appalachian folk ballads.
The Irish Times
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As always, his tenuous voice is well-suited to these meandering folk ballads, whether they're weary guitar paeans (O!
The Irish Times
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After that, Antonin Dvorak's fairy-tale tone-poem The Golden Spinning Wheel, which was inspired by the verse found in a collection of folk ballads, is performed.
The Irish Times
Translations for folk ballad