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Wedding Music in   Gloucester   

Wedding music in  Gloucester  on this web site of wedding music groups

See our  Gloucester  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Gloucester  find your county in the drop down box. This will take you to all of our wedding music ensembles that play in your locality.

 
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Wedding music and composers

Wedding 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:  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736; age 26); Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778; age 67); Domenico Paradies (1710-1792; age ca. 82); Ignaz Holzbauer (1711-1783; age 71); William Boyce (1711-1779; age ca. 68); Hermann Schröder (2) (1843-1909; age 65); Michael Daugherty (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Beat Furrer (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Arturo Rodas (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Tobias Picker (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); José Serebrier (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Frederic Rzewski (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Piotr de Peslin Lachert (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Joan Tower (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); John Corigliano (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Jean-Joseph Cassanea de Mondonville (1711-1772; age 60); John Stanley (1712-1786; age 74); Carl Vine (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843-1922; age ca. 79); Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907; age 64); Pablo Martin Melinton Sarasate de Navasquez (1844-1908; age 64); Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908; age 64); Sayat Nova (1712-1795; age ca. 83); Friedrich II der Grosse (the Great) (1712-1786; age 74); Domingo Terradellas (1713-1751; age 38); Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780; age 66); Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787; age 73); Lee Noble (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Jan Vriend (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937; age 93); Carl Bohm (1844-1920; age ca. 76); Andreas Hallén (1844-1925; age ca. 81); Alvaro Cordero (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Jeff Talman (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49); Gunther Tautenhahn (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); William Ryden (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); John McCabe (1939-still alive 2003; age ca. 64); Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788; age 74); Nicoló Jommelli (1714-1774; age 59); Gottfried August Homilius (1714-1785; age 71); Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777; age 62); Thomas Demenga (1954-still alive 2003; age ca. 49);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  Gloucester   

Literature has many references about wedding music ensembles and their instruments. Here are some examples-

When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin. Richard Steele (1672—1729) In the Tatter, 1 April 1712

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Gloucester   

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; The Beatles - Penny Lane; Bernstein - Maria from West Side Story; Carillon; Cock Linnet; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; 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; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; 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; lgar – Nimrnd; Danny Boy; Gershwin - S'Wonderful; I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside; Scott Joplin – Bethena; Scott Joplin - Country Club; Handel - The arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Massenet – Meditarion; Rossinn - William Tell Overture; Haydn – Serenade; Rossini - Italian Girl in Algiers Overture; Kreisler – Leibeshed; Bach - Air on a G-string ; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter;