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Wedding Music in   Folkestone   

Find wedding music groups who perform in  Folkestone  on our this web site of wedding music groups

See our  Folkestone  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Below are a few of our wedding music groups across the UK. For wedding music in   Folkestone  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, 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:  Thomas Simpson (1582-1628; age ca. 46); Veljo Tormis (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Theo Loevendie (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Usko Meriläinen (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Michael Graubart (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Salvador Ranieri (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652; age ca. 70); Julian (Jules) Fontana (1810-1869; age ca. 59); Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849; age 39); Norbert Burgmüller (1810-1836; age 26); Robert Schumann (1810-1856; age 46); Ernst Sachse (1810-1849; age ca. 39); Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625; age ca. 42); Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643; age ca. 60); Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672; age 87); Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630; age 44); Jacob Praetorius (1586-1651; age 65); Francesca Caccini (1587-1640; age ca. 53); Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996; age 65); Alain Pierre Pradel (1949-still alive 2003; age ca. 54); Alex Manassen (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Carlos Micháns (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Christopher Bochmann (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Don "Orfeo" Rechtman (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Hans-Martin Linde (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); David Burge (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Dick Raaijmakers (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Hans Kox (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654; age 66); Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666; age ca. 78); J. (Joncker) Jacob van Eyck (1590-1657; age ca. 67); Otto Nicolai (1810-1849; age 38); August Gottfried Ritter (1811-1885; age ca. 74); Félix Le Couppey (1811-1887; age 76); Louis Schindelmeisser (1811-1864; age 52); Ferenc Liszt (1811-1886; age 74); John Jenkins (1592-1678; age ca. 86); Richard Farnaby (1594-ca. 1664; age ca. 70); Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663; age ca. 68); Year 1600; David Amram (1930-still alive 2003; age ca. 73); André Laporte (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72);

 
 

Wedding Music - a quotation:  Folkestone   

An example of what has been written about wedding music groups-

[Of quartets:] You listen to four sensible persons conversing, you profit from their discourse, and you get to know the peculiar properties of their several instruments. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749—1832) Quoted in Barzun (ed), Pleasures ofMusü; 1960

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Folkestone   

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

Boccherini - Minuet ; Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture; Purcell - Chacony in G minor; Sullivan - The Mikado; Borodin - First Polovtsian Dance; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; Capua - O Sole Mio; Elgar - Salut d'Amour ; Debussy - Clair de Lune; Mozart - Voi Che Sapette from The Marriage of Figaro; Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé; Ravel – Bolero; Purcell - Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen; The Teddy Bears' Picnic - J Bratton; Suite from Oklahoma & The Sound of Music - Rogers & Hammerstein; Pennies from Heaven - A Johnson; Anything Goes - Cole Porter; Let's Do It - Cole Porter; Saint-Saens - The Swan from Carnival of the Animals; Dvorak - Humoresque ; Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro; Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. VIII; Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca; Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz; 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; When I Fall In Love; Elgar - Chanson de Matin; Handel - Departure of the Queen of Sheba; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285 Mozart; Elgar - Chanson de Nuit; Gossec - Tambourin ; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik ; Greensleeves; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love;