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Wedding Music in   Rochdale   

Find available wedding music groups in  Rochdale  on our national live wedding music database

See our  Rochdale  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some of our wedding music options across the UK. To view wedding music in   Rochdale  select your county from the drop down box. This will show the wedding music options available in your area.

 
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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:  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);

 
 

What has been written about Wedding Music  Rochdale   

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  Rochdale   

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

Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Baby Elephant Walk – Mancini; Charade – Mancini; Days of Wine & Roses – Mancini; Every Time We Say Good-Bye - Cole Porter; Guantanamera; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; I Love You Samantha - Cole Porter; Just Another Rhumba – Gershwin; La Bamba; Maggie's Theme [from the Thorn Birds] – Mancini; Match of the Day; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Pie In The Dace Polka [from the Great Race] – Mancini; Roast Beef of Old England [Military]; Singing in the Rain; Somethin's Comin' – Bernstein; Song from "10" [It's Easy to Say] – Mancini; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart; O Mio Babino Caro – Puccini; Polovstian Dance – Borodin; Clair de Lu - Debussy; String Boogie - Phil Green;