Definitions for ballata

ballata bal·la·ta

Spelling: [buh-lah-tuh]
IPA: /bəˈlɑ tə/

Ballata is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in ballata (aaabllt).

Definitions for ballata

noun

  1. a 14th-century Italian verse form composed of stanzas beginning and ending with a refrain, often set to music and accompanied by dancing.

Origin of ballata

1755-65; Italian Old Provençal balada ballad

Examples for ballata

The ballata or Canzone a Ballo, as its name implies, was a poem intended to be sung during the dance.

Nevertheless, out of respect for the ballata, nobody said a word to them.

It will be noticed that the Maggio is built, so far as rhymes go, on the same system as Poliziano's ballata.

The same lady is more directly celebrated in the next ballata, where Poliziano calls her by her name, Ippolita.

There are also choral passages which suggest the existence of the frottola, the carnival song and the ballata.

The ballata has come down to us from our forefathers, and we must respect it as an ancient custom.

But soon, taking up her ballata afresh, she proceeded with still greater vehemence.

In one ballata he describes a country girl, caught by thorns, and unable to avoid her admirer's glance.

Rossetti's translation of the ripresa and second stanza of the ballata Perch'i' no spero di tornar giammai.

The third was probably intended to continue this subject, and the fourth was destined to the laws of the ballata and sonetto.

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