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Wedding Music in   Newport   

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

See our  Newport  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Newport  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:  Morton Subotnick (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Maarten Bon (1933-2003; age 70); Horacio López de la Rosa (1933-1986; age ca. 53); Colin Brumby (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713; age 59); Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706; age 52); George Muffat (1653-1704; age 50); Emilie Mayer (1821-1883; age ca. 62); Louis (Lazarus) Lewandowski (1821-1894; age 72); Friedrich Kiel (1821-1885; age 63); Johannes Worp (1821-1891; age 69); Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1889; age 67); Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740; age ca. 86); Sevaas de Konink (1654-1701; age ca. 47); Marin Marais (1656-1728; age 72); Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657-1714; age 56); R. Murray Schafer (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); William Francis McBeth (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Leonardo Balada (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); César Auguste Franck (1822-1890; age 67); Franz Strauss (1822-1905; age 83); Leo Samama (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Guus Janssen (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Gary Carpenter (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Henryk Górecki (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); James Ciernia (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726; age 68); Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709; age 50); Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1659-1729; age ca. 70); Henry Purcell (1659-1695; age 36); Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722; age 62); Marius van Paassen (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Waters (1952-still alive 2003; age ca. 51); Joseph Joachim Raff (1822-1882; age 60); Theodor Kirchner (1823-1903; age 80); Edouard Lalo (1823-1892; age 69); Gottfried Finger (1660-1730; age ca. 70); Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741; age ca. 81); Norbert Goddaer (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Robin Holloway (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Roger Reynolds (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69); Alemdar Karamanov (1934-still alive 2003; age ca. 69);

 
 

A quote for Wedding Music  Newport   

Literature has many references about wedding music ensembles and their instruments. Here are some examples-

Of his quartet, From My Life :1 A work which in a sense is private, and therefore written for four instruments which should converse together in an intimate circle about the things which so deeply trouble me. Nothing more. Bedrich Smetana (1824—84) Quoted in Cardus, The Delights of.i4usic, 1966

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Newport   

Weddings - During the wedding ceremony, drinks reception and wedding breakfast, our Wedding Music ensembles can set just the right atmosphere for your .

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   

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING MUSIC

Autumn Leaves; I Know Him So Well - Anderson, Rice, Ulvaeus; Summertime – Gershwin; It Ain't Necessarily So – Gershwin; Handel - Allegro from Recorder Sonata; Purcell - Trumpet Tune; Jerusalem; Massenet - Meditation from Thais; Pachelbel – Canon; Puccini - Nessun Dorma; Rossini - William Tell Overture; 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; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K298 – Mozart; Smetana - Dance of the Comedians; Pachelbel's Canon & Gigue [Full version] – Pachelbel; Sullivan - Three Little Maids from School are We; Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite; Verdi - Drinking Song from La Traviata; Vivaldi - The Four Seasons; And I love Her – McCartney; Moon River – Mancini; The Thorn Birds Theme – Mancini; Here There & Everywhere – McCartney; Maria from West Side Story – Bernstein; Wagner - Here Comes the Bride; For He's A Jolly Good Fellow; Nutcracker Suite – March – Tchaikowsky; Flute & String Quartet op 3 no 1 – Haydn; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285b – Mozart; Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Girl – McCartney; She Loves You – McCartney; I Will – McCartney; Here Comes the Sun – McCartney; A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square – Sherwin; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck;