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Wedding Music in Cumbria
See and hear wedding music options in Cumbria on this UK wide website of wedding music groups
See our Cumbria Wedding Music bands and ensembles
A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in Cumbria choose your county from the drop down box to see the wedding music groups that play in your area.
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Wedding music and composersWedding music for civil and for church weddings is sometimes different, in that the music used in civil ceremonies must not have religeous connotations. Examples of composers are: Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707; age ca. 33); Karl Ritter (1830-ca. 1900; age ca. 70); Joseph Joachim (1831-1907; age ca. 76); Ludvig Norman (1831-1885; age ca. 54); Paul Agricole Genin (1832-1903; age 71); Rudolf Bibl (1832-1902; age 70); Evaristo Dall'Abaco (1675-1742; age 67); Louis-Nicolas Clérembault (1676-1749; age 72); Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677-1726; age 49); Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741; age 63); William Croft (1678-1727; age 48); Georg Friedrich Kaufmann (1679-1735; age ca. 56); Giya Kancheli (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Paolo Arcà (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); David Warin Solomons (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Johan de Meij (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Selman Ada (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Carlo Crivelli (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Arvo Pärt (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Kurt Schwertsik (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Khayam Mirza-Zade (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Bojidar Dimov (1935-2003; age ca. 68); Johann (Jan) Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745; age 66); John Ernest Galliard (1680-1749; age ca. 69); Emanuele d'Astorga (1680-1757; age ca. 77); Guiseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905; age 72); Clément Loret (1833-1909; age ca. 76); Alexander Borodin (1833-1887; age 53); Alphonse Jean Ernest Mailly (1833-1918; age ca. 85); Johannes Brahms (1833-1897; age 63); Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (1680-1730; age 49); Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767; age 86); Francesco Bartolommeo Conti (1681-1732; age 51); Johann Mattheson (1681-1764; age 82); Jo van den Booren (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Peter Schat (1935-2003; age 67); Peter Schickele (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Albert Heinrich Zabel (1834-1910; age ca. 76); Blodek Vilem (1834-1874; age 39); Michael Gees (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); David Leisner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Peter Lewis (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); |
Wedding Music - a quotation: Cumbria
Wedding Music groups and similar ensembles have been mentioned in novels and plays. Here are some quotations:-
Fiddle, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse’s tail on the entrails of a cat. Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914?) The Devil ~ Dictionary, 1913
Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Cumbria
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
WEDDING MUSIC - TYPICAL REPERTOIRE
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside; Scott Joplin – Bethena; Scott Joplin - Country Club; 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; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter; Scott Joplin - The Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); 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; Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; 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; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1;