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ballad

musical genre; tradition of performing literary ballads (from medieval to contemporary popular ones) as a song
Intangible music_genre Q116690343
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ballad

Summary

ballad is a music genre[1].

Key Facts

  • ballad's instance of is recorded as music genre[2].
  • ballad's based on is recorded as ballad[3].
  • ballad is a type of narrative song[4].
  • ballad's said to be the same as is recorded as ballad[5].
  • ballad's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balada[6].
  • ballad's different from is recorded as ballade[7].

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Definition and Type

ballad's instance of is recorded as music genre[2]. ballad is a type of narrative song[4].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → narrative song
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007282307605171
    Instance of → music genre
    Art & architecture thesaurus id → 300266488
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38458, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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