The Post Horn Gallop mid 19th century

The music is advertised as being performed at "The Court Balls, The Nobility’s Soirées and The Promenade Concerts". To fit the high class nature of these performance venues, the cover is elaborately decorated with the royal coat of arms and an intricate border printed in gold.

The music celebrates a sound regularly heard throughout Victorian Britain up until about 1850 – that of the post horn, blown by the guard as the mail coaches covered the length and breadth of the country. The horn had several functions: it warned toll gate keepers of the coach’s approach and warned other road users to let the coach have right of way. It also let keepers of posting inns know of the coach’s approach so they could have the next team of horses ready for when the coach arrived.

The piece was composed for piano by H Koenig and arranged with a post horn accompaniment.

Publisher: M Jullien, 3 Maddox Street, New Bond Street, London
Accession Number: 2005.82/3

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