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Forms in the Chopin Ballades

The term ballade is the French and German spelling of the English word "ballad" and the Italian ballata. Although each of these terms is derived from the Latin ballare, meaning "to dance," each denotes an entirely different meaning. The synonomous usage of these terms is definitely misleading (1,p. 67),
Frederic Chopin, 1810-1849, was first to use this term as a title for piano compositions. The purpose of this study is to reveal the formal characteristics of each of the four ballades that Chopin wrote for solo piano and to determine,through a comparison of the similarities and differences, some identifying characteristics of a ballade. These characteristics will be illustrated through a formal analysis of each ballade.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663352
Date08 1900
CreatorsDriggers, Orin Samuel
ContributorsOttman, Robert W., Latham, William P.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 122 leaves : illustrations, Text
RightsPublic, Driggers, Orin Samuel, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights

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