Talk:Ballad (music)

Spelling
I corrected some obviously wrong spelling, but I wasn't sure if analagous was en-uk or not, let me know if it is. Bassgoonist 19:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Unacceptable title
This title implies that the article at ballad is not about music, which it most certainly is. Even worse, when you combine the information at all the articles about ballad, it would not seem like much of a stretch to conclude that anything with a melody or meter constitutes a ballad. Why don't we eliminate the word "music" from the English language and replace it with ballad?

Seriously, I am old enough to remember when ballad did not include the contemporary definition of a love song, but was instead just a musical story. I remember being puzzled by the use of the term for "love song", but, like Niemöller, I didn't sing traditional folk ballads, so I said nothing. And now, there is nothing that is not a ballad.

I guess, if this is really how the world is defining the term (or, more accurately, failing to define), then it's not Wikipedia's problem. But I want to know that this is how it's really being used. This concept of "instrumental ballads" strikes me as being positively oxymoronic. I know that the editor has included citations, but it's nothing that we can check on without a trip to a major library. I think I'm going to have to ask for documentation on this plethora of meanings of "ballad", or I may begin to do a little raising of the ears. Unschool 00:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

Merger
Given the above problems, which still persist, that is to say the oxymoronic title and the crossover between the two articles, I have suggested that the additional material from this article be merged into Ballad. Clearly only one article is necessary and it is logical to use the more standard name.--Sabrebd (talk) 13:47, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
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