Ballade -

Unlike the common "ballad" (a simple folk narrative), the is one of the formes fixes of French lyric poetry.

In music, the ballade evolved from a vocal form into a major genre of solo instrumental music, particularly for the piano. ballade

: Historically, the envoi was often a dedication to a patron or a high-ranking official, frequently beginning with the word "Prince". 2. The Ballade in Music Unlike the common "ballad" (a simple folk narrative),

: It uses a strict recurrent rhyme pattern, typically ababbcbc for the eight-line stanzas and bcbc for the four-line envoi. particularly for the piano. : Historically

: Traditionally consists of three stanzas followed by a shorter concluding stanza called an envoi .