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Wedding Music in   London   

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

See our  London  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   London  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:  William James Matthias (1934-1992; age ca. 58); Ton Bruynèl (1934-1998; age 64); Siegfried Matthus (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); François Couperin (1668-1733; age 64); Jean Gilles (1668-1705; age 37); Allesandro Marcello (1669-1747; age 77); Louis Marchand (1669-1732; age 63); Maud Sauer (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Strauss (1827-1870; age 42); Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897; age ca. 69); Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907; age 77); Horace Poussard (1829-1898; age 69); Antonio Caldara (1670-1736; age ca. 66); Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (1670-1746; age ca. 76); Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747; age 76); Harrison Birtwistle (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Fisher Tull (1934-1994; age ca. 60); Mario Davidovsky (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Christian Wolff (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Heinrich R. Lichner (1829-1898; age ca. 69); Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894; age 64); Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869; age 40); Luis Diego Herra-Rodriguez (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Oliver Knussen (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Jan van Vlijmen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gaspard Corette (1671-1733; age ca. 62); Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751; age 79); Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703; age 31); Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672-1749; age 77); André-Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749; age ca. 77); Jacques (Jean) Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763; age 88); Heiner Goebbels (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Scott Johnson (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); James Horner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Carl Goldmark (1830-1915; age 84); Marie Auguste Durand (1830-1909; age 78); Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739; age 65); Alan Ridout (1935-1996; age ca. 61); Otto Ketting (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Carl Davis (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Conrad Susa (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gordon Mumma (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68);

 
 

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An example of what has been written about wedding music groups-

[Of quartets:] You listen to four sensible persons conversing, you profit from their discourse, and you get to know the peculiar properties of their several instruments. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749—1832) Quoted in Barzun (ed), Pleasures ofMusü; 1952

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  London   

Wedding - With one of our Wedding Music bands you can be sure that your special day will be made even more special with music during the wedding ceremony, drinks reception or wedding breakfast.

You can hear samples of our wedding music online

Corporate & Parties - Our talented and adaptable Wedding Music bands have extensive repertoires enabling them to play appropriate music for a wide spectrum of events, ranging from formal concerts to hospitality and banquets

 
   Some examples of the repertoire of our wedding music bands   

WEDDING MUSIC - TYPICAL REPERTOIRE

Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; 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; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; 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; The Teddy Bears' Picnic - J Bratton; Suite from Oklahoma & The Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein; Pennies from Heaven - A Johnson; Anything Goes - Cole Porter; Let's Do It - 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; The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern; My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers;