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Wedding Music in   Manchester   

Wedding music in  Manchester  on this web site of wedding music groups

See our  Manchester  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Manchester  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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Composers through history - wedding music

Some music has been written specifically for weddings, but most wedding music has been taken from works created for other purposes, Here are some examples of composers:  Michael Haydn (1737-1806; age 68); Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793; age 54); Jan Evangelista Antonin Kozeluh (1738-1814; age 75); Roderik de Man (1941-still alive 2003; age ca. 62); John Mitchell (1941-still alive 2003; age ca. 62); Ciprian Porumbescu (1853-1883; age ca. 30); André-Charles Messager (1853-1929; age 75); George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931; age 76); Michael Repoulis (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Stephen Watson (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Philip Goddard (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Chinary Ung (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Victor Suslin (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799; age 59); Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813; age 74); Friedrich Rust (1739-1796; age 56); Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816; age 76); Steve Perillo (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); David Conte (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Ian Venables (1955-still alive 2003; age ca. 48); Edgar (Pierre Joseph) Tinel (1854-1912; age 58); Leoš Janáček (1854-1928; age 74); Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801; age 60); Vaclav (Wenzel) Pichl (1741-1805; age 63); André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry (1741-1813; age 72); Canary Burton (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Friedrich Schenker (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Ulf Grahn (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Gerhard Wielakker (1942-still alive 2003; age ca. 61); Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925; age 70); John Philip Sousa (1854-1932; age 77); Hendrika van Tussenbroek (1854-1935; age 80); Bernard Zweers (1854-1924; age 70); Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893; age 39); Brian Ferneyhough (1943-still alive 2003; age ca. 60); Johann André (1741-1799; age 58); Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805; age 62); Carl Stamitz (1745-1801; age 56); Giuseppe Giordani (1745-1798; age 52); Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799; age 53); Gearg Druschetzky (1745-1819; age ca. 74); Gabriel Senanes (1956-still alive 2003; age ca. 47);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  Manchester   

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  Manchester   

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

Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - 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; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New 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; 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; 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; The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jerome Kern; My Funny Valentine - Richard Rogers;