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Wedding Music in   Basingstoke   

See and hear wedding music options in  Basingstoke  on this UK wide website of wedding music groups

See our  Basingstoke  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in   Basingstoke  choose your county from the drop down box to see the wedding music groups that play in your area.

 
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Composers through history - wedding music

Some music has been written specifically for weddings, but most wedding music has been taken from works created for other purposes, Here are some examples of composers:  Johann Georg Pisendel (1687-1755; age 67); Johan Adam Krygell (1835-1915; age 80); Antonio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896; age 60); Léo Delibes (1836-1891; age 54); Albert Biehl (1836-1899; age ca. 63); Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911; age 74); Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762; age 74); Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758; age 70); Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726; age 37); Joseph-Bodin de Boismortier (1689-1755; age 65); Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768; age 78); Steve Reich (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981; age 45); Charles-Alexis Chauvet (1837-1871; age ca. 34); Georges Bizet (1838-1875; age 36); Max Bruch (1838-1920; age 82); Edward Gold (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Mario Perusso (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Jos Kunst (1936-1996; age 60); Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690-1749; age 59); Jacques-Christophe Naudot (1690-1762; age ca. 72); Henry Eccles (1690-1742; age ca. 52); Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770; age 77); Johennes Donjon (1839-ca. 1909; age ca. 70); Modest Mussorgski (1839-1881; age 42); Eduard Frantsovitch Napravnik (1839-1916; age 77); François Clément Théodore Dubois (1837-1924; age 86); Milii Balakirev (1837-1910; age 73); Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692-1766; age 74); Leonardo Leo (1694-1744; age 50); Louis-Claude d'Aquin (1694-1772; age 77); Jan Bach (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Marta Lambertini (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Robert Moran (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Valentin Silvestrov (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Georges Bizet (1838-1875; age 36); Max Bruch (1838-1920; age 82); Johennes Donjon (1839-ca. 1909; age ca. 70); Modest Mussorgski (1839-1881; age 42); Eduard Frantsovitch Napravnik (1839-1916; age 77); Jean Chatillon (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Pierre Chédeville (1694-1725; age ca. 31);

 
 

Wedding Music - a quotation:  Basingstoke   

Wedding Music groups and similar ensembles have been mentioned in novels and plays. Here are some quotations:-

‘E’en little things can yield a perfect pleasure, e’en little things can be supremely dear’—so run the lines of a Tuscan song beautifully set to music by Hugo Wolf. And of nothing is that so true as the ‘little things’ of chamber music. One finds in that field no necessary correlation between size and quality. Homer Ulrich (1906—

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Basingstoke   

Weddings - Create the perfect ambience for the wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast with one of our Wedding Music groups

You can hear samples of our wedding music online

Corporate & Parties - Our highly versatile Wedding Music musicians also play for a wide spectrum of non wedding events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Here is some typical repertoire of our wedding music groups   

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING MUSIC

Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini; Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Guantanamera; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military];