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Wedding Music in   Blackpool   

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

See our  Blackpool  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Blackpool  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, 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:  Myriam Marbe (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Nancy Bloomer Deussen (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Arne Nordheim (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Mauricio Kagel (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Charles Camilleri (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Jan Adams Reinken (1623-1722; age 99); Johann Rudolf Ahle (1625-1673; age 47); Mihaly Mosonyi (1814-1870; age ca. 56); Josephine Lang (1815-1880; age 65); Robert Volkmann (1815-1883; age 68); Robert Franz (1815-1892; age 77); William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875; age 58); Louis Couperin (1626-1661; age ca. 35); Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690; age 63); Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687; age 54); Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632-1692; age 60); Adam Krieger (1634-1666; age 32); Wojciech Kilar (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Lalo Schifrin (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Johannes Verhulst (1816-1891; age 74); John David Thomas (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); George Tsontakis (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Klaas Eldering (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Jacob ter Veldhuis (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Louis-Noël Belaubre (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); John (Towner) Williams (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Jean Henri d'Anglebert (1635-1691; age ca. 56); Antonio Draghi (1635-1700; age ca. 65); Georgy Daniel Speer (1636-1707; age 71); Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707; age ca. 70); Curtis Roads (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Alvert Ellmenreich (1816-1905; age ca. 89); Niels Vilhelm Gade (1817-1890; age 73); Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891; age 72); Charles Gounod (1818-1893; age 75); Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710; age 72); Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (1639-1693; age ca. 54); Carel Hacquart (1640-1701; age ca. 61); Michel Legrand (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Glenn Gould (1932-1982; age 50); Tera de Marez Oyens (1932-1996; age 64);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  Blackpool   

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 1718

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Blackpool   

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

Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck; Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart;