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Wedding Music in   England   

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

See our  England  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

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

 
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Wedding music and composers

Wedding 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:  Mathieu Dijker (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Karl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759; age 55); Kurt Schwertsik (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Khayam Mirza-Zade (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Bojidar Dimov (1935-2003; age ca. 68); Jo van den Booren (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Franco Donatoni (1927-2000; age 73); Pierre Henry (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Walter Hartley (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918; age 70); Richard Eilenberg (1848-1927; age ca. 79); Francisco Hargreaves (1849-1900; age ca. 51); Ole Olsen (1850-1927; age 77); Peter Schat (1935-2003; age 67); Nicholas Chédeville (1705-1782; age ca. 77); Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785; age 78); Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti (1706-1787; age ca. 81); Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784; age 78); Jakob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928; age ca. 78); Alexander Taneyev (1850-1918; age 68); Xaver Scharwenka (1850-1924; age 74); Pierre Mercure (1927-1966; age 38); Augusto Rattembach (1927-still alive 2003; age ca. 76); Robert Helps (1928-2001; age 73); Morley Calvert (1928-1991; age ca. 63); Michel Corrette (1707-1795; age 87); Johann Adolf Scheibe (1708-1776; age 67); Pasquale Cafaro (1708-1787; age 79); Peter Schickele (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Roque De Pedro (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Samuel Adler (1928-still alive 2003; age ca. 75); Aloÿs Claussmann (1850-1926; age ca. 76); Iver Holter (1850-1941; age 90); Karl Komzak (1850-1905; age 54); Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900; age 49); Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931; age 80); Andrei Schulz-Evler (1852-1905; age ca. 53); Derek Strahan (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Terry Riley (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Aulis Sallinen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Egidio Romualdo Duni (1708-1775; age 67); Charles Avison (1709-1770; age 61);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Music  England   

Literature has many references about wedding music ensembles and their instruments. Here are some examples-

Of instruments of strenges in accord - Herde I so playe a ravyshvng swetnesse - That God, that makere is of all and lord - Ne herde nevere beter, as I gesse. Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1340—1400) The Parlement ojFoules, 1369—92

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  England   

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 Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); Mozart - Ave Verum Corpus; Bizet - Menuett from L'Arlesienne; Kreisler - Leibesfreud ; Bizet - Intermezzo and Adagietto; Mozart - Magic Flute C)verture; Clarke - Prince of Denmark's March; Mozart - 29th Symphony 1 ~ movt.; Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; Debussy - The Girl with the Flaxen Hair; Mozart -3 Divertimenti; Borodin – Nocturne; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Gounod - Ave Maria ; Mozart - 10 celebrated Quartets; Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 5; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Fauré – Pavanne; Mendelssohn - Midsummer night's Dream; Pachelbel - Canon in D; Puccini - Musetta's Waltz; Mozart - Three Divertimenti ; Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze ; Handel - Hornpipe from the Water Music; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Bizet - Habanera from Carmen; Mendelssohn - Wedding March;