H.C. Lumbye - Columbine Polka Mazurka (1862) & Louise Waltz (1868)

Hans Christian Lumbye (2 May 1810 - 20 March 1874) was a Danish composer of waltzes, polkas, mazurkas and galops, among other things. 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".
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1. Columbine Polka Mazurka (1862) (0:00)
1862-02-27 København (Casino)
2. Dronning Louise Vals (1868) (3:38)
Dedication: Queen Louise of Denmark (1817-1898)
1868-05-17 København (Tivoli)
Odense Symphony Orchestra conducted by Peter Guth
Lumbye wrote many of his works for performance at the Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli, which is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark, and Wurstelprater in Vienna, Austria.
Lumbye was Tivoli's musical director from 1843 to 1872. Lumbye was inspired by Viennese waltz composers such as the Strauss family (Johann Strauss I and his sons), and became known as the "Strauss of the North". Many of his compositions are specifically inspired by the gardens, including "Salute to the Ticket Holders of Tivoli", "Carnival Joys" and "A Festive Night at Tivoli". The Tivoli Symphony Orchestra still performs many of his works.

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BRAVO from Mexico!

[@dorritsmedsgard5900]

I went to school in the village where Lumbye came from (Lumby - yes , he had the same name as the village). When it was decided that all streets should have a official name in 1967, all the streets in Lumby was named after his composions. So you can literally dance your way through the village.

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Is Lumby in England?

[@dorritsmedsgard5900]

@@timothythorne9464 No, Denmark. 7 km north of Odense

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@@dorritsmedsgard5900 I didn't know. I never heard of this composer-- a Lumby just seems like a proper English name, like Barnaby or Derby

[@dorritsmedsgard5900]

@@timothythorne9464 Yes, because of the vikings. 'By' means town in danish. So the most towns in England that ends with 'by' is from the time when parts of England was occupied by the vikings. The first part of the names can be a name of a person, a word that decribes the place (adjective) or other decriptions.

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@@dorritsmedsgard5900 interesting. My ancestors came from Yorkshire-- iirc the Vikings settled a little further south and east in England