torch songs
Unrequited love anthems
Torch songs are sentimental ballads about unrequited love or heartbreak, typically performed with emotional intensity.
The torch is the one still carried for a lost lover: She closed her set with a medley of torch songs.
The genre flourished in jazz clubs and cabarets of the early twentieth century, associated with female vocalists like Billie Holiday.
- crooningSinging softly, sentimentally
- chanteuseFemale nightclub singer
- Tin Pan AlleyMusic publishing district
- balladNarrative poem or song
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
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- songssongs, tune, folk ballads, melody, ballads
- American Singingspirituals, blues, country, gospel, barbershop
- Piano Barpianist, grand piano, baby grand, upright piano, ivories
- vocal musicvocals, soprano, tenor, alto, baritone
- vocal songslieder, folk ballads, love songs, ballads, chansons
- Emotional Musicballad, ballads, love songs, lullaby, lullabies
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