| Telegraph Galop | |
| Composer: | Hans Christian Lumbye |
| Translation: | Telegraph Galop |
| Native Name: | Telegraph-Galop |
| Native Name Lang: | da |
| Genre: | Orchestral music |
The Telegraph Galop (Danish_ Telegrafgalopen) is a musical composition by the Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874) .
It is one of Hans Christian Lumbye's best known and popular works, and together with Lumbye's Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop and Champagne Galop, it was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon as a masterpiece of Danish classical music.[1]
The Telegraph Gallop premiered in Tivoli’s Concert Hall on 11 June 1844. It is dedicated, on the printed piano edition of the work, to Tivoli-founder ]Georg Carstensen "with the utmost respect”. The gallop soon became one of Lumbye’s most popular works.[2]