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Wedding Music in   Kent    

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

See our  Kent   Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Kent   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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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:  Mathieu Dijker (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Karl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759; age 55); 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); Jo van den Booren (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Franco Donatoni (1927-2000; age 73); Pierre Henry (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Walter Hartley (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918; age 70); Richard Eilenberg (1848-1927; age ca. 79); Francisco Hargreaves (1849-1900; age ca. 51); Ole Olsen (1850-1927; age 77); Peter Schat (1935-2003; age 67); Nicholas Chédeville (1705-1782; age ca. 77); Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785; age 78); Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti (1706-1787; age ca. 81); Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784; age 78); Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928; age ca. 78); Alexander Taneyev (1850-1918; age 68); Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924; age 74); Pierre Mercure (1927-1966; age 38); Augusto Rattembach (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Robert Helps (1928-2001; age 73); Morley Calvert (1928-1991; age ca. 63); Michel Corrette (1707-1795; age 87); Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708-1776; age 67); Pasquale Cafaro (1708-1787; age 79); Peter Schickele (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Roque De Pedro (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Samuel Adler (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Aloÿs Claussmann (1850-1926; age ca. 76); Iver Holter (1850-1941; age 90); Karl Komzak (1850-1905; age 54); Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900; age 49); Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931; age 80); Andrei Schulz-Evler (1852-1905; age ca. 53); Derek Strahan (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Terry Riley (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Aulis Sallinen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775; age 67); Charles Avison (1709-1770; age 61);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  Kent    

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 1715

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Kent    

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

Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Summertime – Gershwin; It Ain't Necessarily So – Gershwin; Handel - Allegro from Recorder Sonata; Purcell - Trumpet Tune; Jerusalem; Massenet - Meditation from Thais; Pachelbel – Canon; Puccini - Nessun Dorma; Rossini - William Tell Overture; Beer Barrel Polka; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' – Gershwin; Theme Song from Molly Maguires – Mancini; When I'm 64 – McCartney; They Didn't Believe Me; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K298 – Mozart; Smetana - Dance of the Comedians; Pachelbel's Canon & Gigue [Full version] – Pachelbel; Sullivan - Three Little Maids from School are We; Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite; Verdi - Drinking Song from La Traviata; Vivaldi - The Four Seasons; And I love Her – McCartney; Moon River – Mancini; The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; Wagner - Here Comes the Bride; For He's A Jolly Good Fellow; Nutcracker Suite – March – Tchaikowsky; Flute & String Quartet op 3 no 1 – Haydn; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285b – Mozart; Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck;