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Answer for the clue "Ballad of unrequited love ", 10 letters:
torch song

Word definitions for torch song in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Torch Song is a 1953 Technicolor romantic musical drama film by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Joan Crawford and Michael Wilding in a story about a Broadway star and her rehearsal pianist. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes and Jan Lustig was based upon ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a popular song concerned with disappointment in love

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Torch song \Torch" song`\, n. a popular song with a sentimental theme of unrequited love or other form of unhappiness.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A song, often sentimental, lamenting an unrequited love; normally sung by a woman.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ She sang a melancholy torch song with a deep, womanly voice.

Usage examples of torch song.

I pocketed the key and drove there, thinking of a Maggie-to-Lorna reunion parlay--cool silk sheets and a sleek tanned body soundtracked by the torch song supreme.