He counts on the superior influence of lyrical ballads.
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A broadsideballadrelied not on sheet music but on common knowledge of a tune (it was indicated only by name).
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In other words, the third act has aballadsimply because all operas have ballads.
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The boundary ballads that were cited in this paper were still in use in the later nineteenth century.
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As we have seen, through this singer-chorus relationship, theballadworks not only as a representation of heterosexual love but also of relationships between men.
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At one level, political literature and popular ballads blamed defeat on poor strategic judgement and the administration's skewed continental priorities.
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The government and local authorities cracked down on street singers andballadsingers singing and selling potentially subversive material.
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Using the same principles that could make ballads seem like national scripture, he made the liberal state appear to be history's consecrated polity.
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These links between beauty, value, impact, barbarity, and violence reflect the ballads' formulation of an urban sublime based on the aesthetic power of violence.
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Outside the hall, the plethora of booths, entertainments andballadsingers gave the scene a carnivalesque atmosphere.
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Theballadoperas had to be similarly rejected.
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As the use of these names suggests, theballadaudience was familiar with criminals, their crimes, and their executions.
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It can also draw on the tremendous history of folk music andballadwriting to reinforce understanding of the history of our culture.
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She was accused of laughing with her brother at the king's ballads, calling them foolish.
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Proceedings are interrupted by aballadsinger, who is promptly removed.
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acoustic ballad
With no release date yet, the song is an acoustic ballad dealing with death and fragility of life, since the album deals with mortality.
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folk ballad
Therefore, there is a piece of thrilling folk ballad to make a record of the matter more vividly.
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piano ballad
With a slow piano ballad, for example, participants perceived the endorser as more diligent and orderly than when he endorsed a product with rock music.
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