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Wedding Music in Chilterns
See and hear wedding music options in Chilterns on this UK wide website of wedding music groups
See our Chilterns Wedding Music bands and ensembles
A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in Chilterns 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 and composersWedding 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: Christiaan Verhoog (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Thomas Dyke Acland Tellefsen (1823-1874; age 50); Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens (1823-1881; age 58); Carl Reinecke (1824-1910; age 85); Anton Bruckner (1824-1896; age 72); Roger Bourland (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1660-ca. 1730; age ca. 70); André Campra (1660-1744; age 83); Sebastián Durón (1660-1716; age 56); Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725; age 65); Georg Böhm (1661-1733; age 71); Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661-1756; age ca. 95); Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663-1712; age ca. 49); Philippe Manoury (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Archimedes Ramond (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Wolfgang Rihm (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); James V. Signorile (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884; age 60); Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998; age 63); Marian Borkowski (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Joseph (Joep) Willem Frederik Straesser (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Vassil Kazandjiev (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Vinko Globokar (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663-1745; age 82); Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716; age 52); Johann Strauss Jr. (1825-1899; age 73); Ludwig Minkus (1826-1917; age ca. 91); Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864; age 37); John Thomas (1826-1913; age ca. 87); Edmond Dédé (1827-1903; age ca. 76); Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697; age ca. 32); Johann-Heinrich Buttstett (1666-1727; age 61); Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667-1752; age ca. 85); Antonio Lotti (1667-1740; age ca. 73); John Eccles (1668-1735; age ca. 67); Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Georg Kröll (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Gustav Adolf Merkel (1827-1885; age 57); Alexander Levkovich (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Gerhard Fischer-Münster (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Kaija Saariaho (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Karl Boelter (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); |
Wedding Music - a quotation: Chilterns
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, 1826
Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Chilterns
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
Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf 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; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; The Teddy Bears' Picnic - J Bratton; Suite from Oklahoma & The Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein; Pennies from Heaven - A Johnson; Anything Goes - 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; Let's Do It - Cole Porter; The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern; My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers; Suite from South Pacific & The King & I - Rogers & Hammerstein; Makin' Whoopee – Donaldson; 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; When I Fall In Love; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love; Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Summertime – Gershwin; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1;