Galop n. : A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.

Example:
Where can I find the sheet music "Galop del Diablo" by G. Ludovic to donwload online?

Taxonomy
Galop, free encyclopedia, London, Prague, Herman Koenig, dance, country dance, search, gait, horse, galoppade, 1820s, Parisian society, Vienna, Berlin, closed position, alternate, forerunner.

Defination from the web:
galop, named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade, is a ... The galop was a forerunner of the polka, which was introduced in Prague ballrooms in the 1830s and made fashionable in Paris when Raab, a dancing ...