title: Hans Christian Lumbye
text: # Hans Christian Lumbye
  
  Hans Christian Lumbye (Danish pronunciation:; 2 May 1810 – 20 March 1874) was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things.
  
  ## Beginnings
  
  As a child, he studied music in Randers and Odense, and by age 14 he was playing the trumpet in a military band. In 1829, he joined the Horse Guards in Copenhagen, still continuing his music education. In 1839, he heard a Viennese orchestra play music by Johann Strauss I, after which he composed in the style of Strauss, eventually earning the nickname "The Strauss of the North".
  
  ## Career
  
  From 1843 to 1872, he served as the music director and in-house composer for Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen. Such was his popularity in the Danish capital that many Danes revered him and considered Johann Strauss II as the "Lumbye of the South".
  
  ## Works
  
  Lumbye is best known for his light compositions, many of which evoke non-musical sources. The Champagne Galop, for example, begins with the "pop" of a champagne cork, and the Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop faithfully recreates the sounds of a train chugging out of a station and grinding to a halt at the next stop. He honored the Swedish Nightingale with a "Souvenir de Jenny Lind, Vals" from 1845.
  
  ### Galops
  
  * Jubel-Galop (1840(1844)
  * Juliane Galop (1843-1844)
  * Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop (1844)
  * Telegraph Galop (1844)
  * Castilianer-Galop (1847)
  * Capriccio Galop (1851)
  * Juleballet (1855)
  * Champagne Galop (1865)
  * Cirque de Loisset Galop (1862)
  * Bouquet-Royal Galop (1870)
  * Kanon Galop (1853)
  
  ### March music
  
  * Marche du Nord (1856-1857)
  * Kronings Marsch (1860)
  * Kong Frederik den Syvendes Honneur-Marsch (1861)
  * Kong Christian D. 9des Honneur March (1864)
  * Kong Carl d. XVdes Honneur March (1869)
  * Kong Georg den 1stes Honneur Marsch (1973)
  
  ### Polkas
  
  * Caroline Polka (1843)
  * Casino-Polka (1846)
  * Amager-Polka (1849)
  * Camilla Polka (1863)
  * Otto Allins Tromme-Polka (1863/1864)
  * Petersborgerinden
  
  ### Valses
  
  * Krolls Ballklänge
  * Amelie-Vals
  * Casino Vals (1847)
  * Catharina Vals (1857)
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He was the father of two musician sons, Carl Christian (9 July 1841 - 10 August 1911) and Georg August (26 August 1843 - 1922), who took over his orchestra after his father's death. His grandson Georg Høeberg was an important Danish conductor at Det kongelige Teater.
  
  