Lumbye, Hans Christian
(1810–1874)> COMPOSER
Lumbye, Hans Christian (2 May 1810, Copenhagen; 20 March 1874, Copenhagen), composer, won the reputation of being “the Northern Strauss” with his orchestra specializing in marches and dance music. His work was heard at the Opéra in Paris because he had scored Harald Lander ’s C’était un soir, which was produced at the Garnier Palace on 14 June 1937 by the Copenhagen Opera Company (see twentieth-century volume for Lander). Lumbye’s music for Auguste Bournonville’s Napoli was also played on 14…