BALLADS
Serious composers nowadays turn up their noses at 'he ballad, but nothing lias yet been devised which takes the old place of the ballad in the average music-lover's affections. Certainly the innderi; art-song does not, and probably never will. There were always ballads and ballads, and by no means all ballads are those of the sloppy sentimental order of words and poor music which represent r.heir worst examples. Some day composers of merit will begin to write "drawing-room songs" again, and we shall probablv see the better class in favour again, especially if great, ballad singers like those of the past also appear. We could do with another race, of tin; Silntleys, Sims Beeves, Lloyds, Ben, Davies. Pnteys, Antoinette Starlings,' who did so much for the good ballads of their day.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 8 April 1930, Page 2
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132BALLADS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 8 April 1930, Page 2
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