| First, the form of the piece is modeled after the classical verse form ballade. |
| Chesterton is so fond of the ballade that I must quote one specimen complete. |
| All that was possible, however, to be made of the ballade was made of it by Mr. Borwick. |
| His performance of the first ballade was effective and powerful. |
| His numerous songs turn out to be a remarkable fusion of Italian aria, French romance, Russian song and Romantic ballade. |
| The ballade, perhaps an 1848 homage to Liszt's soon-to-be-dead friend Chopin, was played every bit as tempestuously as one could wish for. |
