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Wedding Music in Edinburgh
Wedding music in Edinburgh on this web site of wedding music groups
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Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in Edinburgh 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 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: Frantisek Václav Míca (1694-1744; age ca. 50); Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764; age 68); Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750; age ca. 55); Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765; age 68); Esprit Phillipe Chédeville (1696-1762; age ca. 66); Hans-Jürgen von Bose (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); James Guthrie (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); John Zorn (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Jim Sande (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Derek Hasted (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763; age 65); Jan Welmers (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Rolf Riehm (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Philip Glass (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Zbigniew Bargielski (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); David Del Tredici (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764; age 67); Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901; age 62); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893; age 53); Oskar Rieding (1840-1918; age ca. 78); Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911; age 70); Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904; age 62); Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773; age 76); François Francoeur (1698-1787; age 88); Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783; age 84); Michel Blavet (1700-1768; age 68); Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775; age ca. 75); François Rébel (1701-1775; age 74); Terrence Patrick Dougherty (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Carl Tausig (1841-1871; age 29); Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier (1841-1894; age 53); William Copper (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Randol Alan Bass (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Joel Hoffman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); 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); William Bolcom (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702-1771; age ca. 69); Georg Andreas Sorge (1703-1778; age ca. 75); Gioseffo Hectore Fiocco (1703-1741; age 38); Franklin Stover (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); |
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Literature has many references about wedding music ensembles and their instruments. Here are some examples-
The significance of chamber music is that in dealing with the intimate it can attain to the ineffable. Chamber music conceives itself as a world of sound that has external boundaries but no internal ones. Hans Werner Henze (1926— Music and Politics, 1982,’Instrumental Composition’, 1963
Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in Edinburgh
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
Scott Joplin - Roseleaf Rag; Cheek to Cheek; I Don't Know How To Love Him; 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; Blue Moon; With One Look; Gershwin - Let's Call the whole Thing Off; I Dreamed a Dream; Love Changes Everything; 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; Close Every Door (from 'Joseph'); On The Street Where You Live; Summertime; To Life (from 'Fiddler on the Roof); Fawlty Towers; 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; Tango Por Una Cabeza – Gardel; El Relicario – Padilla; Spanish Dance; Brazilian Fiddler; Pasadena; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1;