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	Ballad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ballads should not be confused with the ballade, a 14th and 15th century French verse form.
		Ballads have also been imitated in modern poetry— most notably by the Canadian ballads of Robert W. Service, in Kipling's "Road to Mandalay," and in "Casey at the Bat." "The Ballad of the Bread-man" is Charles Causley's re-telling of the story of the birth of Jesus.
		Border ballads are a subgenre of folk ballads collected in the area along the Anglo-Scottish border, especially those concerned with border reivers and outlaws, or with historical events in the Borders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballad (936 words)

	Learn more about Ballad in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ballads are most often folk poetry in a musical format, passed along orally from generation to generation, set to conventional tunes and usually sung by a solo voice, the hearers joining in the refrain.
		Broadsheet ballads, cheaply printed and often topical, humorous, even mildly subversive, were hawked in English streets from the 16th century; the legends of Robin Hood and the pranks of Puck were disseminated through broadsheet ballads.
		The form of a ballad has been imitated in modern poetry— most notably by the Canadian ballads of Robert Service, in Kipling's 'Road to Mandalay' or in 'Casey at the Bat.' 'The Ballad of the Bread-man', is Charles Causley's re-telling of the story of the birth of Jesus Christ.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /b/ba/ballad.html (634 words)

	Ballad opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The connection with the legitimate opera of the time is mainly the degree to which ballad operas mocked operatic convention.
		Ballad operas were thoroughly (and loudly) disapproved of by respectable society, which must necessarily have also provided most of the audience.
		The ballad opera is one of course one of the most obvious predecessors of the modern musical.
	en.askmore.net /Ballad_opera.htm (382 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for ballad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Two forms of the ballad are often distinguishedâ”the folk ballad, dating from about the 12th cent., and the literary ballad, dating from the late 18th cent.
		His comedies for the stage were forerunners of the ballad opera.
		Included among his comedies and ballad operas are The Maid of the Mill (produced in 1765) and The Padlock (produced in 1768).
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/01054.html (654 words)

	Musical Forms - Opera
		French opera, as seen in the tragedies lyriques of Lully, was essentially a court spectacle, predominantly on legendary or mythological themes, and in five acts, with big choral and ceremonial scenes reflecting the magnificence and social order of the age of Louis XIV.
		Lighter forms of opera, such as opera buffa in Italy, opéra comique or comédie mêlée d'ariettes in France, ballad opera or comic opera in England and Singspiel in Germany, came from humble beginnings to flourish alongside opera seria and even to penetrate its substance.
		New operas continue to be composed; but the expense of staging them and the difficulty of reconciling advanced forms of musical utterance with the requirements of the traditional opera house and its audience have induced many composers to prefer chamber opera or other kinds of music theatre susceptible to concert, 'workshop' or experimental production.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/g_opera.html (829 words)

	Opera Pacific - Opera Glossary
		In an opera, the conductor is the musical director whose function is to co-ordinate the singers and chorus on stage with the orchestra.
		In opera, a quartet is often used to state the dramatic situation as seen from four different viewpoints or emotional states of the characters.
		In the earliest opera houses, the stage was inclined so that an audience member sitting in the back of the theater (which originally did not have a raked floor) could have an easy view of someone standing at the back of the stage.
	www.operapacific.org /About/glossary.php (4359 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - A History of Opera
		Opera today still seems exotic to many people and opera-lovers will be the first to admit that the plots of their favourite works are utterly irrational.
		Opera developed from the pageants and musical entertainments that were popular in the courts of Europe in the 16th Century.
		The first true opera is thought to be Dafne (1598), composed by Peri for the court of the Medici in Florence.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A581014 (1755 words)

	OperaWorld.com's Opera Insights: The Disappointment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The appearance of the comic ballad opera The Disappointment or The Force of Credulity by Andrew Barton in Philadelphia in 1767 is generally regarded as the beginning of American opera.
		Although the new opera was heavily influenced in form and style by English opera, its appearance in the American colonies during a time of growing dissatisfaction with the crown can be seen as a symbol of colonial artists asserting their independence from the steady diet of European opera served to them in their American theaters.
		An area of controversy surrounds the fourth air of the opera: the libretto calls for the tune known as "Yankee Doodle." Some scholars have suggested that, because this is the first time the words "Yankee Doodle" ever appeared in print, it may not refer to the tune that we all know so well.
	www.operaworld.com /special/disappoint.shtml (922 words)

	The Beggar's Opera: The Music
		The Beggar's Opera was a double satire of the Italian opera tradition and of the political corruption of incumbent Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole and his government.
		The ballad opera genre undoubtedly led to the body of 19th century work of Gilbert and Sullivan, the British librettist and composer who wrote over 20 satirical operettas that are still popular today.
		Gay's opera's lasting influence is confirmed by the fact that it remains the most famous ballad opera in existence today, and some believe it is the only notable one as well.
	www.umich.edu /~ece/student_projects/beggars_opera/music.html (918 words)

	Virginia Opera: All About Opera: Terms to Know
		Ballad Opera - A form of 18th century English operatic entertainment that consisted of spoken dialogue and musical numbers from popular music sources such as ballads, folk songs, and songs from other plays.
		Grand Opera - Opera that is sung from start to finish, as opposed to opera that may have spoken dialogue; grand opera frequently treats serious, dramatic subjects and, in French opera of the 19th century, was generally epic in scale with a full-scale ballet inserted in the middle of the work.
		Opera Buffa - A style of opera which revolves almost entirely around comedy; perhaps an outgrowth of the Italian intermezzo, the opera buffa as a form was popular in the baroque days as well as in Italy of the early 19th century.
	www.vaopera.org /html/allaboutopera/termstoknow.cfm (4334 words)

	§5. "The Beggar’s Opera". IV. The Drama and the Stage. Vol. 10. The Age of Johnson. The Cambridge History of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		But the influence of Gay’s opera is not confined to its introduction of popular lyrics.
		In satirising not merely the absurdities of Italian opera but the conscious moralisings of sentimental drama, and in providing happy issues out of all the afflicitions of its “charmingly pathetic” prison scenes, Gay points towards the dramatic burlesques of Fielding and Carey.
		During the Garrick era, its popularity was maintained by many operas like those of Isaac Bickerstaff, and the initial run of Sheridan’s Duenna surpassed that of The Beggar’s Opera.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/220/0405.html (502 words)

	Origins of Comic Opera
		Comic opera, which was hugely popular in the English theatre during the Edwardian era, traced its origins to Italy in the early eighteenth century.
		Called 'intermezzi', these comic opera interludes soon proved to be the most popular part of the show, so it was inevitable that they would break away from the mainstream and become full operas, of the comic variety, in their own right.
		Ballad opera remained popular, but the need for more light hearted musical entertainment was amply served by a peculiarly British form of entertainment that was developing at the time - Music Hall.
	www.dgillan.screaming.net /stage/th-musop.html (1000 words)

	Opera Terms
		In baroque operas, the contralto generally represented a certain character type on stage: either comic (a sort of female basso buffo), or spooky and other worldly, or just plain matronly.
		- opera which is sung from start to finish, as opposed to opera which may have spoken dialogue; grand opera frequently treats serious, dramatic subjects and, in French opera of the 19th century, was generally epic in scale with a full scale ballet inserted in the middle of the work.
		In the operas of Schoenberg or Berg, early 20th century German composers, the main melodies are marked with an "H" to indicate that the composers considered those the principal tunes.
	patriciagray.net /Operahtmls/terms.html (4278 words)

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		He moved these operas away from stock figures and situations to more popular themes and greater characterization, and they made him so famous that when he died he was said to be the wealthiest composer in Europe.
		Opera evolvesBy the end of the seventeenth century, opera was well established in Italy and elsewhere in Europe.
		The ballad opera eventually led to the singspiel, the German comic opera with spoken dialogue, which was to reach its highest development in the works of Mozart.
	www.gwu.edu /~klarsen/genre.html (2874 words)

	Ballad, the ballad of chasey lain, the ballad of william sycamore
		Ballad, the ballad of chasey lain, the ballad of william sycamore
		Ballad The Ballad of Hobie Noble, the ballad of chasey lain, the ballad of william sycamore..
		Ballad of a Soldier is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of.
	www.bymedia.info /ballad.html (1086 words)

	About Beijing Opera and Beijing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It is actually not an opera like that in the west, where arias are the main and perhaps the only feature.
		Beijing Ballad Opera is Beijing's only local opera, which was first formed in the 1950s.
		It was derived from the ballad singings in an attempt to have the first local opera in Beijing.
	www.chinapage.com /xwang/name.html (206 words)

	opera-gems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The orchestra and chorus of the Fondazione Arturo Toscanini is conducted by Massimilano Steffanelli.
		The music author Puccini is profiled and the opera critically evaluated, comments are made on and marks allotted to the performers by members of the panel, with 1 audio and 6 video files in support.
		Opera is drama or comedy set to music with soloists, chorus on the stage and orchestra in the pit.
	www.opera-gems.com (1810 words)

	Wikinfo \| Ballad
		Five of the characteristics of a ballad are:
		- A ballad is sung to a modal melody.
		- A ballad is of oral tradition, passed down by word of mouth.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=ballad (699 words)

	ballad opera - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		BALLAD OPERA [ballad opera] in English drama, a play of comic, satiric, or pastoral intent, interspersed with songs, most of them sung to popular airs.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "ballad opera" at HighBeam.
		This cloud had a silver lining: the Washington Opera has revived the improbable story of Horace and 'Baby' Tabor.('The Ballad of Baby Doe')(includes related information)
	encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/b/balladop.asp (239 words)

	§4. New developments: Pantomime and Ballad Opera: John Rich. IV. The Drama and the Stage. Vol. 10. The Age of ...
		New developments: Pantomime and Ballad Opera: John Rich.
		To the adverse factors which threatened the ascendancy of formal tragedy and comedy must be added two theatrical developments of great significance.
		Yet, even if Cibber’s suggestion 13 be accepted that the “original hint” for pantomime is to be found in Weaver’s Drury lane production of The Loves of Mars and Venus (1717), John Rich was the dominant factor in establishing the popular type.
	www.bartleby.com /220/0404.html (396 words)

	Henry Carey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Quaker's Opera (Thomas Walker), ballad opera 3 Akte (24.
		The Contrivances (Carey), ballad opera 1 Akt (20.
		The tragedy of Chrononhotonthologos (Carey), burlesque opera 1 Akt (22.
	www.operone.de /komponist/carey.html (81 words)

	CD Baby: PISTOL RIVER: The Western Ballad Opera
		In the vanguard of this unique genre of music is The Pistol River Band's Western Ballad Opera, an epic series of nine intertwined, musical tales highlighting the gripping story of two generations of pioneers in a lawless frontier who find themselves engulfed in circumstances beyond their control.
		The Western Ballad Opera takes place between the early 1800s and 1870 and is divided into two "Acts." Each of the "Acts" focus on a handful of crisp, imaginative, funny and sometime sympathetic characters as they interact and grapple with the intense struggle to survive west of the Mississippi.
		The Pistol River Band's "Western Ballad Opera" comes with a 19th century "Playbill" outlining more specific details of the story, including additional plot surprises, along with vintage photographs representing each character and many of the events taking place in the opera.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/pistolriver (1459 words)

	Western Ballad Opera II & III by Pistol River
		Hopefully, you recall the riveting and unique story telling of the crookedly spun web of evil, greed, good, and justice (see Western Ballad Opera review by Cheryl Arthur) because that CD is now the first of the Western Ballad Opera Trilogy, a 3 CD box set.
		The Western Ballad Opera Trilogy is truly a tribute to the almost extinct art of the classic western campfire tale.
		With this trilogy, John Bizzack and Marvin Adcock have proved that the first Western Ballad Opera was not a fluke.
	www.misslana.com /txlogcabin/pistolriver2.htm (2731 words)

	The Beggar's Opera: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Although many scholars believe his ballad opera was the only notable one of its kind, many scholars also believe that his opera led to the popular and successful operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan.
		The success of the ballad opera was immediate and Gay made a significant amount of money from the opera.
		The inscription on his tomb is taken from The Beggar's Opera and spoken by the Beggar, showing Gay's humor until the end of his life: "Life is a Jest, and all Things show it: I thought so once and now I know it".
	www.umich.edu /~ece/student_projects/beggars_opera/bio.html (546 words)

	Comic opera (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Comic Opera is drived from short entertaining scenes (typically with funny servants) that were played between the acts of serious opera.
		These were found in operas before the mid 17th century.
		The comic opera, or Italian Opera Buffa, is an outgrowth of these scenes and developed as a completely independent genre.
	www.music.vt.edu /musicdictionary/textc/Comicopera.html (83 words)

	babydoe.org - The Ballad of Baby Doe Opera Houses Gallery
		The Central City (Colorado) Opera House, designed by prominent Denver architect Robert S. Roeschlaub, was the pride of the west when it opened in early March of 1878 at the height of Central City's mining heyday.
		John Latouche and Douglas Moore immortalized the Tabor Opera House in the opening scene of their opera The Ballad of Baby Doe, in which the building's opening night celebration vies with the rowdy highjinks outside a nearby saloon.
		The Tabor Grand Opera House in Denver was the most opulent building between Chicago and San Francisco at its gala debut on September 5th 1881.
	www.babydoe.org /houses.htm (1099 words)

	ballad opera definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		ballad opera definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
		opera with popular songs: a form of opera with spoken dialogue and popular tunes made into songs.
		The most famous example is John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.
	encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861685775/ballad_opera.html (74 words)

	Ballad Opera Links
		Cambridge History of English and American Literature Useful explanation of ballad opera and its use in English theatre history, with discussion on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera as an exmaple of the form.
		PeoplePlay UK Historical images of John Gay and The Beggar's Opera; a fine example of Ballad Opera.
		University of Arizona Lecture outline bullet pointing the key characteristics of a Ballad Opera.
	www.theatrelinks.com /ballad.htm (146 words)

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