Satumaa

Satumaa (Eng. Wonderland) is a Finnish tango. He is considered one of the most famous Finnish tango par excellence.

The piece was written in 1955 by Unto Mononen and appeared in the same year for the first time in a recording of Henry Theel. The most famous recording is likely to come from Reijo Taipale in 1962; However, there are countless other recordings, including Olavi Virta and of Frank Zappa.

Satumaa is about a dream land beyond the sea, after which the singer longs and where his mistress is out of reach for him. With this melancholy subject, and wear it and rhythm of the minor key of the piece for the archetype of the Finnish tango has become.

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• The Fabulous Country - Finnish text with English translation

• Ballroom dancing
• Finnish dance
• Tango
• Music ( Finland)