Editing Ballad (section)

==Sentimental ballads==
{{Main article|Sentimental ballad}}
Sentimental ballads, sometimes called "tear-jerkers" or "drawing-room ballads" owing to their popularity with the middle classes, had their origins in the early "[[Tin Pan Alley]]" music industry of the later 19th century. They were generally sentimental, narrative, strophic songs published separately or as part of an [[opera]] (descendants perhaps of [[broadside (music)|broadside ballads]], but with [[sheet music|printed music]], and usually newly composed). Such songs include "Little Rosewood Casket" (1870), "[[After the Ball (song)|After the Ball]]" (1892) and "[[Danny Boy]]".<ref name=Cohen2005/> The association with sentimentality led to the term "ballad" being used for slow [[love song]]s from the 1950s onwards. Modern variations include "[[jazz ballads]]", "[[pop ballads]]", "[[rock ballads]]", "[[R&B ballads]]" and "[[power ballads]]". Many ballads are included in 20th and 21st century modern music, such as "[[Swear It Again]]" (1998) by "[[Westlife]]".<ref name=Cohen2005p297>N. Cohen, ''Folk Music: a Regional Exploration'' (Greenwood, 2005), p. 297.</ref>