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TOP MUSIC GERMAN SCHLAGER MUSIC

Schlager (German:  is a style of European popular music generally defined by catchy instrumental accompaniments to vocal pieces of pop music with simple, easygoing, and often sentimental lyrics.

Michelle performing in Berlin, 15 March 2017, where she sang schlagers as well as ballads

Schlager tracks are typically light pop tunes or sweet, sentimental ballads with simple, catchy melodies. Their lyrics typically center on love, relationships, and feelings. The northern variant of schlager (notably in Finland) has taken elements from Finnic, Nordic, Slavic, and Eastern European folk songs, with lyrics tending toward melancholic and elegiac themes. Musically, schlager bears similarities to styles such as easy listening.[citation needed]

The style has been frequently represented at the Eurovision Song Contest and has been popular since the contest began in 1956, though it is gradually being replaced by other pop music styles.

Als Schlager werden allgemein leicht eingängige instrumentalbegleitete Gesangsstücke der populären Musik mit oft deutschsprachigen Texten bezeichnet. Das Spektrum reicht dabei von ernsten und sentimentalen Texten bis hin zu fröhlichen und humorvollen Texten. Manche Schlager entwickeln sich zu sogenannten Gassenhauern. Ausgehend von populären Operettenmelodien machte sich seit den 1920er Jahren der Einfluss von jazzigen Rhythmen und Harmonien in der Schlagermusik bemerkbar.

Seit den 1950er Jahren wird Schlager als „schwer zu umgrenzender Begriff in der neueren Unterhaltungsmusik“ sowie als „Kurzform für leicht eingängige Tanz- und Unterhaltungsmusik“ beschrieben. Microsoft Encarta definierte 2003 Schlager als „einerseits kommerziell erfolgreiches Musikstück, andererseits als eine Gattung der Unterhaltungsmusik“. Kennzeichnend seien „einfachste musikalische Strukturen und triviale Texte, die an das Harmonie- und Glücksverlangen des Zuhörers appellieren“. Dabei seien „die Grenzen zur Popmusik und volkstümlichen Musik fließend“

TOP MUSIC AFRIKAANS MUSIC

Afrikaans music was primarily influenced by Dutch folk styles, along with French and German influences, in the early twentieth century. Zydeco-type string bands led by a concertina were popular, as were elements of American country music, especially Jim Reeves. The most prolific composers of "tiekie draai" Afrikaans music were lyricist Anton De Waal who wrote many hit songs with songwriters, pianist Charles Segal ("Hey Babariebab Se Ding Is Vim", "Kalkoenjie", "Sy Kom Van Kommetjie" and many others) and accordionist, Nico Carstens. Bushveld music based on the Zulu were reinterpreted by such singers as Marais and Miranda. Melodramatic and sentimental songs called trane trekkers (tearjerkers) were especially common. In 1973, a country music song won the coveted SARI Award (South African Music Industry) for the Song of the Year – "My Children, My Wife" was written by renowned South African composer Charles Segal and lyricist Arthur Roos. In 1979 the South African Music scene changed from the Tranetrekkers to more lively sounds and the introduction of new names in the market with the likes of Anton Goosen, David Kramer (singer), Koos du Plessis, Fanie de Jager, Flaming Victory and Laurika Rauch. Afrikaans music is currently one of the most popular and best selling industries on the South African music scene.

The South African music scene includes both popular (jive) and folk forms like Zulu isicathamiya singing and harmonic mbaqanga. Other popular genres are marabi, kwaito,house music, pop music, isicathamiya, gqom, rock music, hip hop and amapiano.

Among the most prominent South African singers are Miriam Makeba, Brenda Fassie, Hugh Masekela, Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Lucky Dube.

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