Balladry
ballad poetry.
the composing, playing, or singing of ballads.
Historical Examples
The one introduced him to the study of British balladry, the other led him to the classic groves of Horace.
Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions Slason Thompson
Yet, potentially, Una Golden was as glowing as any princess of balladry.
The Job Sinclair Lewis
There is a looseness and lushness, a romanticism and balladry, in the work, that is not quite characteristic.
Musical Portraits Paul Rosenfeld
noun
ballad poetry or songs
the art of writing, composing, or performing ballads
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