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Wedding Music in   Leeds   

See and hear wedding music options in  Leeds  on this UK wide website of wedding music groups

See our  Leeds  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in   Leeds  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 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:  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:  Leeds   

Wedding Music groups and similar ensembles have been mentioned in novels and plays. Here are some quotations:-

‘E’en little things can yield a perfect pleasure, e’en little things can be supremely dear’—so run the lines of a Tuscan song beautifully set to music by Hugo Wolf. And of nothing is that so true as the ‘little things’ of chamber music. One finds in that field no necessary correlation between size and quality. Homer Ulrich (1906—

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Leeds   

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

The Inspector Clouseau Theme – Mancini; The Way You Look Tonight; Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger; Anything Goes; Humoreske – Dvorak; String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Dark Eyes - Trad.; Getting Sentimental Over You; Hello Dolly; It Had To Be You; Match of the Day; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; Cabaret; Let Me Try Again; Gershwin - I Got Rhythm; Misty; Spread a Little Happiness; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn; Ave Maris – Gounod; Barcarolle from the Tales of Hoffmann; As Time Goes By; When I Fall in Love; Stardust; Autumn Leaves; Lara's Theme; Capriol Suite – Warlock; String Quartet K168 – Mozart;