Mood song

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A mood song is a form of folk song that emerged in the 19th century and was originally sung at social gatherings of the petty bourgeoisie . Parts of the hit production and the carnival song are forms of the mood song that still occur today.

Characteristic

Mood songs can contain elements of traditional folk songs, but also contemporary dance music and were sung at petty bourgeois events such as excursions, festivals and taverns, etc. They often come as a waltz , polka , Rhinelander or march in front, where it always a catchy, easy to remember enabled melody have (so-called earwigs ) and thus are easily nachsingbar. The drinking song is a special form of the mood song . Another variant is the stupid hit with funny text. Occasionally these are parodies (joke versions) of well-known hits.

Well-known mood songs

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Individual evidence

  1. Entry in the Universal Lexicon