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to signify a slow, sentimental tune or love song, often written in a fairly standardized form. Jazz musicians sometimes broaden the term still further to embrace all slow-tempo pieces. Notable sentimental ballads of this period include, "Little
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attempted to record and classify all the known ballads and variants in their chosen regions. Since Child died before writing a commentary on his work it is uncertain exactly how and why he differentiated the 305 ballads printed that would be published as
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853:The most common use of the term "ballad" in modern
216:Sentimental ballads have their roots from medieval
169:Sentimental ballads had their origins in the early
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1846:Kelley, Frannie (26 October 2011).
1834:Billboard Top Adult Songs 1961-2006
1755:Let's Talk About Love: Album review
1350:Witmer. See also Middleton (I,4,i).
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766:In the 2010s, indie musicians like
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1572:Folk Music: a Regional Exploration
1549:, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co
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303:18th century â early 20th century
1944:Burgess, Darrin (15 July 2006).
1786:Roberts, Amy (2 February 2018).
1508:The Complete Book of Light Opera
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1374:A Short History of Western Music
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2417:Contemporary Christian music
2174:"Rooster by Alice in Chains"
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1584:Fusilli, Jim (13 May 2008).
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1887:The Ballad and the Folk.
1434:(Routledge, 1979), p. 5.
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1590:The Wall Street Journal
1403:British Popular Ballads
1339:The Rough Guide to Rock
1304:Bothy Songs and Ballads
849:Pop and R&B ballads
576:also produced ballads.
352:Native American ballads
331:developed as a form of
3138:Popular music pedagogy
2010:Metzer, David (2017).
1804:Hyatt, Wesley (1999).
1545:Child, F., J. (1898).
1519:D. Head and I. Ousby,
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1221:List of Irish ballads
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1226:List of rock ballads
807:, usually around 16
744:Listen to Your Heart
277:" in a 13th-century
138:instruments such as
3627:Sentimental ballads
3421:Non-classical music
3326:Forms · Genres
3123:Honorific nicknames
2370:Paisley Underground
2098:Detroit Metro Times
1885:Buchan, D. (1972).
1493:"Popular Ballads",
1187:Alejandro FernĂĄndez
1090:American rock band
776:Of Monsters and Men
484:and the rebirth of
441:Sinatra and Strings
371:Francis James Child
360:Afro-American music
336:stage entertainment
245:, and later in the
150:, and sometimes an
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3256:Extended technique
2338:Adult contemporary
2149:Music of the 1980s
1931:The New York Times
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1280:The Ballad as Song
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1049:Stairway to Heaven
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2633:Regional variants
2303:Stylistic origins
2092:Dominic, Serene.
1996:978-0-306-81166-1
1818:978-0-823-07693-2
1636:Project MUSE
1558:Temperley (II,2).
1459:, History Matters
1289:978-0-520-01399-5
1264:978-0-87972-369-9
1120:You're All I Need
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317:Charles K. Harris
297:Wynkyn de Worde's
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523:Barbra Streisand
283:William Langland
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1864:D. Randel,
1653:Soft Rock.
1443:B. Sweers,
1414:A. Jacobs,
1372:A. Jacobs,
1161:Luis Miguel
1140:post-grunge
1112:Mötley CrĂŒe
1073:heavy metal
1069:Tony Peluso
1041:Without You
1010:Eric Burdon
1006:Ray Charles
998:Simon Frith
983:post-grunge
955:Early 1970s
939:heavy metal
728:dance music
716:Sheryl Crow
681:Celine Dion
677:Boyz II Men
662:Barry White
634:Celine Dion
619:1980sâ1990s
585:the Beatles
559:John Denver
555:Anne Murray
543:Cat Stevens
539:Carole King
486:swing music
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2461:Disco polo
2077:4 February
1852:The Record
1739:6 December
1657:. AllMusic
1570:N. Cohen,
1480:0813122562
1432:The Ballad
1237:References
1231:Slow dance
1216:Torch song
1191:Nelson Ned
1124:glam metal
1071:. British
1018:Joe Cocker
973:glam metal
929:Arena rock
915:smartphone
871:unrequited
784:Ed Sheeran
730:hits into
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3192:Worldbeat
3165:Teen idol
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3065:VIA music
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2969:Eurodance
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2876:Malaysian
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2707:Nueva ola
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2652:Afrobeats
2607:Futurepop
2597:Synth-pop
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2545:Pop metal
2454:Freestyle
2444:Dancehall
2407:Bubblegum
2343:Christian
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1683:9 January
1661:9 January
1632:191619811
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1385:W. Apel,
1359:W. Apel,
1323:3 October
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1053:Aerosmith
1037:Badfinger
1026:hard rock
1014:Tom Jones
978:power pop
968:Soft rock
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827:AABA form
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519:folk rock
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506:Soft rock
494:swing era
438:released
434:In 1962,
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195:love song
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911:lighters
875:romantic
813:dominant
740:DJ Sammy
732:acoustic
572:and the
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239:medieval
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