Ballade (classical music) variations), Claude Debussy, Friedrich Baumfelder (for example his Two Ballades, Op. 47, and No. 2 from his Op. 285), Franz Liszt (who wrote two) and Gabriel Fauré (Op. 19, later arranged for piano and orchestra). "Ballades" for instruments other than the piano have also been written. 20th-century examples of the form include the three ballades of Manolis Kalomiris, the six "ballades" of Frank Martin (composed for instruments such as the cello, viola, flute, and saxophone), and Einojuhani Rautavaara's "Ballade for Harp and Strings". Ballade (classical music) A ballade (from French "", , and German "Ballade", , both being words for
Alan Richardson (composer) Piano at the Royal Academy of Music in 1960, a position he held until his death in 1978. Richardson composed many pieces for piano, as well as some chamber music, including several works for the oboe which he wrote for his wife. He died, aged 74, in London. Alan Richardson (composer) Alan Richardson (29 February 1904 – 29 November 1978) was a Scottish pianist and composer. Richardson was born in Edinburgh, where he worked for some time as a pianist for the BBC before going to London to study piano and composition, from 1929 to 1930, with Harold Craxton at