Balladry

Word BALLADRY
Character 8
Hyphenation bal lad ry
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Definitions and meanings of "Balladry"

What do we mean by balladry?

Ballads considered as a group. noun

Poetry of the ballad kind; the style of ballads. noun

Ballad poems; the subject or style of ballads. noun

Ballads considered as a group noun

Ballads considered as a group

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The word "balladry" in example sentences

Some songs do this by, strangely, sweeping you along in balladry; others are just bright, an unexpectedly upbeat moment in an otherwise slow and quiet set of songs. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In its very scarcity, “information” is pivotal in balladry. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But she did occur to me as I was thinking about balladry, which is such a simple solution to the problem of “information” and free verse. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The prose summary in the form of a marginal gloss, first added in the edition of 1817, is a practice taken from early printed books, but not from balladry, which is normally oral. ❋ Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1803)

The sound of the record itself is an intricate balance between breezy pop and wistful balladry, which isn't unusual for Great Lake Swimmers in one sense, but there's certainly more of a lush push behind songs like "Palmistry" and the recent R3-add, " ❋ Unknown (2009)

Costello fans consider this something of an inconsistent halfway point between the herky jerky r&b of Get Happy!!! and the tortured balladry of Imperial Bedroom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On record, Mr. McCombs's band couches intricate lyricism in soft rock and piano balladry, but with sumptuous touches of arcane instruments like celesta, Hammond organ, and bass clarinet. ❋ Andy Beta (2011)

Refusing to be mired in a swampland of balladry, Murs darts lightly from cute reggae (Heart Skips a Beat) to sax-blaring 50s pop (Dance with Me Tonight) to Bacharach/Davidish lushness (Just Smile), and sounds as if he's enjoying himself enormously. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Journey, embarking on a display of power balladry with Foreigner, dropped base ticket prices by 10% from its 2008 tour; the promoter says the band's ticket sales are up by 15%. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Although three ensemble numbers are ragtime masterpieces—"We're Goin' Around," "Aunt Dinah Has Blowed De Horn" and the truly grand finale, "A Real Slow Drag"—the other numbers are composed in an idiom drawn from Gay '90s balladry, barbershop quartet and gospel song rather than the accepted manner of Giuseppe Verdi or Giacomo Puccini. ❋ Barrymore Laurence Scherer (2011)

Regularly seen alongside oversized mobile phones and wine bars as a comedy throwback to the 1980s, hearing the saxophone all over new music, when it had seemed settled in a world of soft-porn balladry, is very strange indeed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Over two sets in which he visibly unwound from a nervous start, Cullum rattled through originals, pop covers and standards, with a yearning account of Radiohead's High And Dry, and Fran Landesman's classic Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most – riskily but successfully joining intimate balladry to beatboxing – the highlights. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Take Over" is pure Journey balladry -- you can practically hear Tribbett clutching his chest over cascading pianos and grungy chords. ❋ Post (2010)

Critics hinted there was something undignified about a 50-year-old woman making an unashamedly modern pop record, as if a discreet retirement into balladry or Vegas would ever be Madonna's style. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That show in particular might only be topped by the theatricality of Othon & Tomasini, whose mash-up of 50s pop, baroque balladry and avant sounds comes complete with a guest appearance by Marc Almond. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the end, of course, Mr. Cole disbanded his trio in 1951 to concentrate on the balladry that was to make him rich and famous. ❋ Terry Teachout (2010)

It's the warm, slow joy of the mariachi-tinged Stranded, the tick-tock twang of Blue As Your Blood or the pre-rock'n'roll balladry of Torch Song that come to define this album's charms, and very considerable those are too. ❋ Tom Hughes (2010)

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