Indianer-Galopp (Indian Galop)

Johann Strauss I (1804–49)

Indianer-Galopp (Indian Galop)

A forerunner and close relation of both the Viennese polka and the French can-can, the galop was perhaps the most energetic of all ballroom dances in the first half of the nineteenth century. Before the polka overtook it in popularity the elder Johann Strauss wrote dozens of galops, many including some novelty element such as the exotic sounds and harmonies in the outer sections of the Indian Galop.