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Wedding Music in   Surrey   

Find available wedding music groups in  Surrey  on our national live wedding music database

See our  Surrey  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some of our wedding music options across the UK. To view wedding music in   Surrey  select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding music options available in your area.

 
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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:  Vitezslav Novak (1870-1949; age 78); Franz Schmidt (1874-1939; age 64); Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947; age 72); Albert William Ketelby (1875-1959; age 84); Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962; age 86); Italo Montemezzi (1875-1952; age 76); Joseph Ryelandt (1870-1965; age 95); Alfred Hill (1870-1960; age 89); Leopold Godowsky (1870-1938; age 68); Charles Tournemire (1870-1939; age 69); Michel Lysight (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Simon Holt (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Magnus Lindberg (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912; age 37); Walter Courvoisier (1875-1931; age ca. 56); Gordon Crosse (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Manuel Juarez (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Tormod Sæverud (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen (1958-still alive 2003; age ca. 45); Tim Knight (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Florent Schmitt (1870-1958; age 87); Eduardo García Mansilla (1870-1930; age ca. 60); Franz Lehár (1870-1948; age 78); Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894; age 24); Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939; age 69); William Bolcom (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); John Harbison (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940; age 64); Héctor (Ettore) Panizza (1875-1967; age 92); Maurice Ravel (1875-1937; age 62); Louis Vierne (1870-1937; age 66); Vilhelm Eugene Stenhammar (1871-1927; age 56); James MacMillan (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Stéphane Roy (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Shigeru Kan-no (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Vladimír Franz (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Ronald Caltabiano (1959-still alive 2003; age ca. 44); Mikalojus Ciurlionis (1875-1911; age 35); Arturo Luzzatti (1875-1959; age ca. 84); Manuel de Falla (1876-1946; age 69); Carl Ruggles (1876-1971; age 95); Pierre Csillag (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Music  Surrey   

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 1716

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Surrey   

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

Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini; Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Guantanamera; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Clair de Lu - Debussy; String Boogie - Phil Green;