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Books on: american ballad

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Journal Articles on: american ballad

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Magazine Articles on: american ballad

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Newspaper Articles on: american ballad

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  • La Rondinella Makes Musical 'Dreams' Come True: Quartet's Unique Concert to Include Medieval Songs, American Ballads
    Newspaper article by Mark Longaker; The Washington Times, December 15, 1996
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...unique concert to include medieval songs, American ballads by Mark Longaker Thirty years ago, Howard...musicians who want to perform traditional American music at the National Museum of American History. He does a lot of this from a narrow...
     
  • Thia Megia: 'I'm Not Just a Ballad Singer'
    Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 18, 2011
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    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Megia: Im Not Just a Ballad Singer. MANILA, Philippines - The judges of "American Idol" Season 10 want to hear songs other than ballads from Phil-Am finalist...always been belting out ballads.Jackson, who two...mean, Im not just a ballad singer," said she...strengths, Megia had picked ballads for her performances...
     
  • Thia Megia Steps out of Ballads, Fights Back on 'Idol'
    Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, March 26, 2011
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    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Thia Megia Steps out of Ballads, Fights Back on Idol. MANILA...Megia proves shes not just a ballad singer by fighting back and redeeming the judges nod on "American Idols" Motown performance...upbeat song compared to her ballads "Smile," "Out Here On...you didnt sing a really safe ballad although I still feel you...
     
  • 'Ballad' an Off-Key Father-Daughter Duet; Too Many Wrong Notes Spoil Actors' Good Work
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 1, 2005
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Ballad an Off-Key Father-Daughter...THE WASHINGTON TIMES "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" is a fall...was a meditation on modern American womanhood condensed into three...Again, not quite. "The Ballad of Jack and Rose" stars her...
     
  • 'Ballad' No Ode to Utopia; Usually Absorbed Day-Lewis Detached from New Character
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 31, 2005
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    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    Ballad No Ode to Utopia; Usually...for such immersion on "The Ballad of Jack and Rose," an Oedipal...production notes for "The Ballad." "The character is that...of communes and the 1960s American counterculture "exotic...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: american ballad

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  • Ballad
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...major classes of the ballad can be distinguished...Robin Hood cycle. Ballads, however, cannot...matter appears in the ballads of other peoples. Indigenous American ballads deal mainly with...in his grave. "Ballad of Jesse James...
     
  • Song
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...to become incorporated into the folk tradition. Charles Ives brought a striking originality to the modern American art song. See ballad ; carol ; chantey ; hymn ; plainsong ; rock music ; and spiritual . See also birdsong . Bibliography See P...
     
  • Jones, Casey
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    JONES, CASEY 1864 1900, American locomotive engineer celebrated in ballad and song, probably b. Jordan, Fulton co., Ky...worker, Wallace Saunders, soon composed a popular ballad about him; one version of it, Casey Jones, was...
     
  • Opera
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Beggars Opera inaugurated the form of ballad opera that satirized Italian opera and...Austrian Opera in the Eighteenth Century The ballad opera eventually led to the singspiel...folk music, as reflected in Moores The Ballad of Baby Doe (1956) and Floyds Susannah...
     
  • Folk Song
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...transplanting is the English ballad found in various parts of...Sharp . In addition, many American folk songs are of other European or African origin. Americans occasionally consider as...a collection of English ballad texts, appeared in 1765...major source on Scottish ballads. Bela Bartok did outstanding...gathered many varieties of American folk songs from various cultural...
     

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