Schlager music

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Schlager (German: [ˈʃlaːɡɐ], "hit(s)") 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.

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Image: Helmuth Ellgaard (1913-1980), uploader his son: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.