balladist
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This balladist of the Middle West, whose books sell millions of copies, is as representative of the great sentimentality of America, as the Ford car is of our thrift.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to the balladist, it would seem that Armstrong’s ruin was brought about by the princely style in which he appeared before his sovereign.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
A Czech balladist describes two chieftains travelling towards the sunrise, with mountains to the right and to the left, on whose summit stands the dawn.
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
We see that as a balladist Schiller got his inspiration mainly from two sources: the traditions of Greek antiquity and the traditions of chivalrous romance.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas
So that here at least we have a vague echo of the name of a balladist and of a ballad-air composer.
From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by John Geddie
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