Sentimental ballad
A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that has to do with romantic and intimate relationships and sometimes it is about loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner.[1]
Sentimental ballads are found in most music genres, such as pop, R&B, soul, country, folk, rock and electronic music.[2]
Sentimental Ballad Media
"After the Ball", a ballad by Charles K. Harris, was the most successful song of its era, selling over two million copies of sheet music.
In 1962, Frank Sinatra released Sinatra and Strings, a set of standard ballads, which became one of the most critically acclaimed works of Sinatra's entire Reprise period.
Celine Dion's albums were generally constructed on the basis of melodramatic soft rock ballads, with sprinklings of uptempo pop and rare forays into other genres.
References
- ↑ Curtis, James M. (1987). Rock Eras: Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954-1984. Popular Press. p. 236. ISBN 978-0-87972-369-9.
- ↑ Ord, J. (1990). Bothy Songs and Ballads. Edinburgh: John Donald.
