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Wedding Music in   The New Forest   

Find available wedding music groups in  The New Forest  on our national live wedding music database

See our  The New Forest  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some of our wedding music options across the UK. To view wedding music in   The New Forest  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, 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:  Roque De Pedro (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Derek Strahan (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682-1738; age ca. 56); Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764; age ca. 81); Johann David Heinichen (1683-1729; age 46); Christoph Graupner (1683-1760; age 77); Francesco Onofrio Manfredini (1684-1762; age 78); Danny Elfman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Jan Achterkamp (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Tekla Badarcewska-Baranowska (1834-1861; age ca. 27); Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886; age 51); Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921; age 86); Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684-1756; age ca. 72); Francesco Durante (1684-1755; age 71); Terry Riley (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Aulis Sallinen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gerardo Gandini (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Philippe Boesmans (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Enrique Belloc (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Peter Benoit (1835-1901; age 65); Felix Draeseke (1835-1913; age 77); Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880; age 44); Eduard Strauss (1835-1916; age 81); Arthur Levering (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757; age 71); Louis-Antoine Dornel (1685-1765; age ca. 80); Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759; age 74); Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750; age 65); Nicola Porpora (1686-1768; age 81); Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739; age 53); Willem de Fesch (1687-1757; age ca. 70); Peter Child (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Christos Hatzis (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); François Clément Théodore Dubois (1837-1924; age 86); Milii Balakirev (1837-1910; age 73); César Antonowich Cui (1835-1918; age 83); Aribert Reimann (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan Carlos Zorzi (1936-1999; age ca. 63); Alicia Terzian (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Juan José Falcon Sanabria (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Vic Nees (1936-still alive 2003; age ca. 67); Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687-1750; age 63);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Music  The New Forest   

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—98

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  The New Forest   

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

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; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Clair de Lu - Debussy; Humoreske – Dvorak; String Quartet K298 – Mozart; Morning – Grieg; String Quartet K159 – Mozart; 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; Flower Duet from Lakme – Delibes; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen – Grieg; Moment Musicale Op 94 No 3 – Schubert; Norwegian Dance – Grieg; String Quartet K160 – Mozart; Slavonic Dance – Dvorak; Four Fancies for flute & string trio - Gordon Jacob; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love; Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Summertime – Gershwin; It Ain't Necessarily So – Gershwin; Salut d'Amou – Elgar; Chanson de Matin – Elgar; Minuet from Sonata Op 49 – Boccherini; 3 Quartets for flute, violin, viola, cello – Playel; Adagio Cantabile from Sonata Op 1 – Beethoven; Adagio in C K356 – Mozart; String Quartet K157 – Mozart; Beer Barrel Polka; I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' – Gershwin; Theme Song from Molly Maguires – Mancini; When I'm 64 – McCartney; They Didn't Believe Me; Andante from oboe concerto – Haydn;