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Sentimental ballad. A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner. [1] Ballads are generally melodic enough to get the listener's attention.
A further development was the evolution of the blues ballad, which mixed the genre with Afro-American music. For the late 20th century the music publishing industry found a market for what are often termed sentimental ballads, and these are the origin of the modern use of the term 'ballad' to mean a slow love song.
Ben Bolt. As sung by Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry in the play of Trilby. " Ben Bolt " (Roud 2653) is a sentimental ballad with lyrics derived from a poem by Thomas Dunn English. It enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the English-speaking world during the nineteenth century.
See media help. " (You're My Heart's Desire, I Love You) Nellie Dean " is a sentimental ballad in common time by Henry W. Armstrong, published in 1905 by M. Witmark & Sons of New York City. [1] The original sheet music is scored in B-flat major for voice and piano and marked andante moderato.
Lyricist (s) Ivory "Deek" Watson. " (I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons " is a popular song written by Ivory "Deek" Watson, founding member of the Ink Spots and of the Brown Dots, and William "Pat" Best, founding member of the Four Tunes. The credits and Leeds Publishing Company list Watson as a co-writer. Best later claimed that Watson had ...
Sentimental ballads. This category contains sentimental ballads - the slow form of popular music such as love songs and pop and rock ballads from the 20th and 21st centuries. Songs which are sourced in their respective articles as only ballads and not as a specific genre of ballad should be included here. Sentimental ballads of specific genres ...
A ballade (from French ballade, French pronunciation:, and German Ballade, German pronunciation: [baˈlaːdə], both being words for "ballad"), in classical music since the late 18th century, refers to a setting of a literary ballad, a narrative poem, in the musical tradition of the Lied, or to a one-movement instrumental piece with lyrical and dramatic narrative qualities reminiscent of such ...
Earlier this year, Lydon honored his wife with a bid to represent Ireland at Eurovision, entering the campy contest with the uncharacteristically sweet and sentimental ballad.