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Wedding Music in   Staffordshire   

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

See our  Staffordshire  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in   Staffordshire  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, composers and wedding music

The music of many composers has been used for weddings. Wedding music is normally taken from the best of classical and baroque music that has stood the test of time. Here are some examples of composers:  Andre Mathieu (1929-1968; age ca. 39); PDQ Bach (1807-1742; age ca. -65); Edward P. Mascari (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Fred Frith (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Javier Busto (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Carson Kievman (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Alcides Lanza (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Frédéric Devreese (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Albert Biales (1929-still alive 2003; age ca. 74); Pierre Guédron (1565-1620; age ca. 55); Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613; age 47); Thomas Campion (1567-1620; age 53); Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643; age 76); Michel Waisvisz (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808-1878; age ca. 70); Henri Cohen (1808-1880; age ca. 72); Franz Schubert (2) (1808-1878; age ca. 70); Sebastián de Yradier|Iradier (1809-1865; age ca. 56); Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634; age ca. 66); Gian Paolo Cima (1570-1620; age ca. 50); John Farmer (1570-1591; age ca. 21); Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995; age ca. 65); Cristóbal Halffter (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Jacqueline Fontyn (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Nancy Van de Vate (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847; age 38); Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1809-1864; age ca. 55); Félicien-César David (1810-1876; age 66); Robert Vinson (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); John Newell (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Wolfgang Bottenberg (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Michael Praetorius (1571-1621; age 50); Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656; age ca. 84); Alfonso Ferrabosco (1575-1628; age ca. 53); Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623; age 47); Melchior Franck (1579-1639; age ca. 60); Thomas Ford (1580-1648; age ca. 68); Geoffrey Poole (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Leonard Lehrman (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Stephen Paulus (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876; age 65); Ole Bull (1810-1880; age 70);

 
 

Wedding Music - a quotation:  Staffordshire   

A sample of what has been written about wedding music groups-

I live by twa trades, sir ... fiddle, sir, and spade; filling the world, and emptying of it. Walter Scott (1771—1832) The Bride of Lammermoor, 1823

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Staffordshire   

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

The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Humoreske – Dvorak; String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Ave Maris – Gounod; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart;