Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop
Musical composition by Hans Christian Lumbye / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop (Danish: Kjöbenhavns Jernbane-Damp-Galop), often just called the Railway Galop (Danish: Jernbanegaloppen), is a musical composition by the Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874) which was written to celebrate the opening of the Copenhagen–Roskilde railway line in 1847.
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Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop | |
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by Hans Christian Lumbye | |
English | Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop |
Native name | Kjöbenhavns Jernbane-Damp-Galop |
Genre | Orchestral music |
Performed | 29 June 1847 (1847-06-29): Tivoli, Copenhagen |
Published | 18 June 1847 (1847-06-18): |
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It is one of Hans Christian Lumbye's best known and popular works, and together with Lumbye's Telegraph Galop and Champagne Galop, it was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon as a masterpiece of Danish classical music.[1]