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Wedding Music in   Newcastle Upon Tyne   

Find wedding music groups who perform in  Newcastle Upon Tyne  on our this web site of wedding music groups

See our  Newcastle Upon Tyne  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Below are a few of our wedding music groups across the UK. For wedding music in   Newcastle Upon Tyne  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:  William James Matthias (1934-1992; age ca. 58); Ton Bruynèl (1934-1998; age 64); Siegfried Matthus (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); François Couperin (1668-1733; age 64); Jean Gilles (1668-1705; age 37); Allesandro Marcello (1669-1747; age 77); Louis Marchand (1669-1732; age 63); Maud Sauer (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Strauss (1827-1870; age 42); Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897; age ca. 69); Otto Goldschmidt (1829-1907; age 77); Horace Poussard (1829-1898; age 69); Antonio Caldara (1670-1736; age ca. 66); Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer (1670-1746; age ca. 76); Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747; age 76); Harrison Birtwistle (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Fisher Tull (1934-1994; age ca. 60); Mario Davidovsky (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Christian Wolff (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Heinrich R. Lichner (1829-1898; age ca. 69); Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894; age 64); Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869; age 40); Luis Diego Herra-Rodriguez (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Oliver Knussen (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Jan van Vlijmen (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gaspard Corette (1671-1733; age ca. 62); Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671-1751; age 79); Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703; age 31); Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672-1749; age 77); André-Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749; age ca. 77); Jacques (Jean) Martin Hotteterre (1674-1763; age 88); Heiner Goebbels (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Scott Johnson (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); James Horner (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Carl Goldmark (1830-1915; age 84); Marie Auguste Durand (1830-1909; age 78); Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739; age 65); Alan Ridout (1935-1996; age ca. 61); Otto Ketting (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Carl Davis (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Conrad Susa (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68); Gordon Mumma (1935-still alive 2003; age ca. 68);

 
 

Wedding Music - a quotation:  Newcastle Upon Tyne   

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; 1963

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Newcastle Upon Tyne   

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

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;