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Wedding Music in   Norfolk   

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

See our  Norfolk  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in   Norfolk  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, 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:  Pauline Oliveros (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Antonio Bazzini (1818-1897; age 78); Theodor Kullak (1818-1882; age 63); Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880; age 61); Volker Blumenthaler (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); John Carbon (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Richard Meale (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640-1700; age 59); Giovanni Domenico Freschi (1640-1690; age ca. 50); Paolo Lorenzani (1640-1713; age 73); Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642-1710; age 68); Benedictus Buns (1642-1716; age ca. 74); Juan Bautista José Cabanilles (1644-1712; age 67); Arrigo Barnabé (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); David Froom (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Elliott Sharp (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Stanislav Moniuszko (1819-1872; age 53); Franz von Suppé (1819-1895; age 76); Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704; age 59); Per Nørgård (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Leslie Adams (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); John Biggs (1932-still alive 2003; age ca. 71); Zbigniew Bujarski (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); David Ellis (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Alessandro Stradella (1644-1682; age 37); Clara Schumann (1819-1896; age 76); Aleksandr Nikolayevitch Serov (1820-1871; age 51); Cornelius Gurlitt (1820-1901; age 81); Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881; age 61); Albert Franz Doppler (1821-1883; age 61); Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645-1704; age ca. 59); John Blow (1649-1708; age 59); Johann Philipp Krieger (1649-1725; age 75); Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1650-1714; age ca. 64); Domenico Gabrielli (1651-1690; age ca. 39); Petronio Franceschini (1651-1680; age 29); Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-still alive 2003; age ca. 70); Paul Amrod (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Rahilja Hasanova (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Frank LaRocca (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Andrew Gelt (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52); Howard Buss (1951-still alive 2003; age ca. 52);

 
 

Wedding Music - a quotation:  Norfolk   

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

Fiddle, n. An instrument to tickle human ears by friction of a horse’s tail on the entrails of a cat. Ambrose Bierce (1842—1914?) The Devil ~ Dictionary, 1922

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Norfolk   

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

Boccherini - Minuet ; Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture; Purcell - Chacony in G minor; Sullivan - The Mikado; Borodin - First Polovtsian Dance; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; Capua - O Sole Mio; Elgar - Salut d'Amour ; Debussy - Clair de Lune; Mozart - Voi Che Sapette from The Marriage of Figaro; Delibes - Flower Duet from Lakmé; Ravel – Bolero; Purcell - Two Rondeaux from Abdelazar and the Fairy Queen; 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; Saint-Saens - The Swan from Carnival of the Animals; Dvorak - Humoresque ; Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro; Handel - Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance No. VIII; Mozart - Rondo Alla Turca; Strauss - Blue Danube Waltz; 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; Elgar - Chanson de Matin; Handel - Departure of the Queen of Sheba; Quartet for flute, violin, viola, cello K285 Mozart; Elgar - Chanson de Nuit; Gossec - Tambourin ; Mozart - Eine Kleine Nacht Musik ; Greensleeves; Love Changes Everything - from Aspects of Love;