What is a ballad?
Q: What is a ballad?
A: A ballad is a type of verse often set to music.
Q: Where were ballads popular in poetry and music?
A: Ballads were popular in British and Irish poetry and music until the 19th century from the late medieval period. It was also used in Americas, Australia and North Africa.
Q: What were many ballads written and sold as?
A: Many ballads were written and sold as single sheet broadsides.
Q: Who used the ballad form to produce lyrical ballads?
A: Poets and composers from the 18th century used this form to produce lyrical ballads.
Q: What did ballads become in the later 19th century?
A: In the later 19th century, ballads became slow forms of popular love songs.
Q: What is the term ballad often used as synonymous with?
A: The term ballad is now often used as synonymous with any love song, particularly the pop or rock power ballad.
Q: When did ballads become less popular?
A: Ballads became less popular in British and Irish poetry and music starting in the 19th century.
