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Humppa
Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar ( or ) at around 110 to 130 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances done to humppa music. All dances involve a bounce that follows the strong bass. In Finnish, the word ''humppa'' can be used for social dancing. The name humppa was invented by Antero Alpola for a radio show in the 1950s. He picked it up from German Oktoberfest where the locals used the word oompah to describe the music. The band probably used a tuba, as the sound of tuba on the first beat is like ''hump'', the second beat coming as a ''pa''. Dances Three different dances are typically danced to humppa music. They existed long before the word "humppa" was coined. One form of Humppa dance is related to one-step, which arrived in Finland 1913. In this kind of humppa, both dancers take a step on each first beat (on "hump") and progress to the direction of dance. This is danced makin ...
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Eläkeläiset
Eläkeläiset ( Finnish for "pensioners") are a Finnish humppa band founded in 1993. Current members of the band are Onni Waris (keyboard, vocals), Petteri Halonen (keyboard, guitar, vocals), Lassi Kinnunen (accordion, vocals), Martti Waris (bass, vocals), and Tapio Santaharju (drums, vocals). Ilmari Koivuluhta (sound technique, logistics) and Pekka Jokinen (graphics, merchandise) complete the "humppa family". According to the band's statements, they play between 80 and 100 concerts per year, of which only 20 in Finland and 40 to 50 in Germany, due to their popularity there. They have visited several big international music festivals, including heavy metal festivals such as Wacken Open Air and Tuska Open Air. Eläkeläiset mainly play cover versions of famous pop and rock hits in a fast humppa or slow jenkka style with Finnish lyrics. They also publish bootleg recordings of their own concerts. Eläkeläiset are very popular among some OpenBSD developers and frequently playe ...
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Music Of Finland
The music of Finland can be roughly divided into folk music, Classical music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music. The folk music of Finland belongs to a broader musical tradition, common amongst Baltic Finnic peoples, Balto-Finnic people, sung in the so-called ''Kalevala'' metre. Though folk songs of the old variety became progressively rarer in western Finland, they remained common in far eastern parts of the country, mainly Savonia and Karelia. After the publication of ''Kalevala'', this music gained popularity again. In the west, mainstream Traditional Nordic dance music, Nordic folk music traditions prevail. The Sami people of northern Finland have their own musical traditions, known as Sami music. Finnish folk music has undergone a roots revival, and has become a part of popular music. In the field of classical and contemporary art music, Finland has produced exceptional numbers of musicians and composers. Contemporary popular music incl ...
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, hymns, marches, vaudeville song, and dance music. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. However, jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, ...
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Erkki Junkkarinen
Erkki Aukusti Junkkarinen (22 April 1929 in Suonenjoki – 9 April 2008 in Hämeenlinna) was a Finnish singer. Junkkarinen established his musical career in 1950 with his successful single ''Yksinäinen harmonikka'', though in the following years his popularity began to dwindle. In the 1960s, he recorded the song ''Ruusut hopeamaljassa'', which at the time had only limited success. In 1975, he released the same song under the different title ''Ruusuja hopeamaljassa''. The new recording sold very well, and Junkkarinen received the first Finnish platinum record ever for his album with the same title. As he grew to an unusually large fame for an artist in Finland, he helped spread the humppa style of music. Discography * ''Yksinäinen harmonikka'' (1950) * ''Imatran Inkeri'' (1951) * ''Ruusut hopeamaljassa'' (1967) * ''Ruusuja hopeamaljassa'' (1975) * ''Lappeenrantaan'' (1977) * ''Tulisuudelma'' (1978) See also *List of best-selling music artists in Finland References Exte ...
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Oompah
Oom-pah, Oompah, Ooumpah or Umpapa is an onomatopoeic term describing the rhythmic sound of a deep brass instrument in combination with the response of other instruments or registers in a band, a form of background ostinato. The oom-pah sound is usually made by the tuba alternating between the root of the chord and the 5th — this sound is said to be the ''oom''. The ''pah'' is played on the off-beats by higher-pitched instruments such as the clarinet, accordion or trombone. Oompah is often associated with ''Volkstümliche Musik'', a form of popular German music, and with polka. In triple time genres such as the waltz it is oom-pah-pah. The musical ''Oliver!'' contains a song named " Oom-Pah-Pah", which is named after the oom-pah. A more modern variation is the playing of contemporary pop and rock songs in an Oompah style, by bands such as Global Kryner (Austria), Oompah Brass (UK) (who dubbed the style "Oompop"), and Brumpah (UK, West Midlands). The American jam band Phis ...
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Two-step (dance Move)
Two-step or two step may refer to: Dance * Two-step (dance move), a dance move used in a wide range of dancing genres * Country-western two-step, also known as the Texas Two-step * Nightclub Two Step, also known as the California Two-step * 2-step (breakdance move), an acrobatic maneuver used in breakdancing * Two step, a style of moshing which creates a running–in–place motion Music * "Two Step" (song), a single released by Dave Matthews Band in 1996 * "2 Step" (song), a single released by Unk in 2007 * "2step" (song), a song released by Ed Sheeran in 2021 * 2-step garage, a subgenre of UK garage music * "2 Step", a bonus track by Destiny's Child from their 2004 album ''Destiny Fulfilled'' Other * Two Step Cliffs * Two Step Inn, a country music festival located in Georgetown, Texas * Two-Step (comics) * ''Two Step'' (film), a 2014 American thriller film * Euro step, also known as two-step, a basketball move * Many-banded krait, a species of venomous snake native to Sout ...
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Dance In Finland
{{Portal, Finland Finland Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ... Performing arts in Finland ...
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Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Karelia. It is located in the southeastern interior of the country and in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lappeenranta is approximately , while the Lappeenranta sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the 11th most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country. Lappeenranta is located on the shore of Lake Saimaa, from the Finnish–Russian border, Russian border and from the city of Vyborg. Lappeenranta is one of the most important urban centres in the entire Saimaa region, together with the cities of Imatra, Mikkeli and Savonlinna. Lappeenranta incorporated the late municipalities of Lappee and Lauritsala in 1967, Nuijamaa in 1989, Joutseno in 2009 and Ylämaa in 2010. Lappeenranta, the region's tourism centre, is the second most visited city in Finland by Russians ...
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Eero Aven
Eero is an Estonian and Finnish masculine given name (pronounced: /e:ro/). Notable people with the name include: * Eero Aarnio (born 1932), Finnish interior designer * Eero Aho (born 1968), Finnish actor * Eero Akaan-Penttilä (born 1943), Finnish politician * Eero Antikainen (1906–1960), Finnish trade union leader and politician * Eero Berg (1898–1969), Finnish athlete * Eero Böök (1910–1990), Finnish chess player and engineer * Eero Elo (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player * Eero Endjärv (born 1973), Estonian architect * Eero Epner (born 1978), Estonian art historian and playwright * Eero Erkko (1860–1927), Finnish journalist and politician * Eero Haapala (born 1989), Finnish long jumper * Eero Haapalainen (c. 1880 – 1937), Finnish Communist leader * Eero Hämeenniemi (born 1951), Finnish composer, musician and writer * Eero Heinonen (born 1979), Finnish musician and bass player in The Rasmus * Eero Heinäluoma (born 1955), Finnish politician and former ...
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Eino Valtanen
Eino is a Finnish and Estonian masculine given name. The name is thought to be the Finnic form of the given name Henri. Both Finnish and Estonian languages belong to the Finno-Ugric language group through their being Uralic languages.Language relationships are from other Wikipedia articles. Another possible origin of the name is the German Enewald (Aginwald). People with the given name Eino include: * Eino Forsström (1889–1961), Finnish gymnast *Eino Friberg (1901–1995), Finnish-American writer * Eino Hanski (1928–2000), Swedish-Finnish-Russian-Karelian author, dramatist and sculptor *Eino Heino (1912–1975), Finnish cinematographer * Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti (1881–1945), Finnish politician, journalist and diplomat * Antti Eino Juntumaa (born 1959), Finnish boxer *Eino Jutikkala (1907–2006), Finnish historian *Eino Ilmari Juutilainen (1914–1999), Finnish Air Force fighter pilot *Eino Kaila (1890–1958), Finnish philosopher, critic and teacher * Eino Kuvaja ...
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Mikko Järvinen
Mikko Järvinen (20 September 1895 – 30 April 1953; original surname ''Kuorrejärvi'') was a Finnish politician, born in Kangasala. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1945 until his death in 1953, representing the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). He was a presidential elector in the 1950 Finnish presidential election. Järvinen was a member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP). He joined the party in 1926, when it was still illegal in Finland. He was imprisoned for a while in the 1930s for his political activities. The SKP was eventually legalized as a result of the Moscow Armistice The Moscow Armistice was signed between Finland on one side and the Soviet Union and United Kingdom on the other side on 19 September 1944, ending the Continuation War. The Armistice restored the Moscow Peace Treaty of 1940, with a number of modi ... of 19 September 1944, six months before Järvinen was elected as a Member of Parliament. References 1895 births ...
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