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Example sentences for: ballads

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There was an “inner need” for the people to compose ballads that sang of the deeds of a man standing up for his rights, who in the process is transformed into a hero.
Remember that most early rock 'n' roll artists, including Haley and--shockingly--Elvis, had repertoires that included lots of swing-type music, or syrupy ballads or "pop" tunes, which made them transitional artists able to appeal to both generations.
The famous Mexican folklorist Vicente Mendoza has stated that the concept of machismo, and the word macho, were not prevalent in Mexican corridos (ballads) and popular culture until the 1940s.
If the defense is that 1990s rap is documentary--"the authentic sound of the streets"--well, so were those verse-and-chorus ballads of the 1890s.
His early published scholarship focused on ballads and ballad heroes of the Texas-Mexican border, and through this research he developed a theory about the formation of Chicano folklore.