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Wedding Music in   Torquay   

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

See our  Torquay  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

Some examples of our wedding music possibilities across the UK are displayed below. To find wedding music in   Torquay  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:  Frantisek Václav Míca (1694-1744; age ca. 50); Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764; age 68); Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750; age ca. 55); Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765; age 68); Esprit Phillipe Chédeville (1696-1762; age ca. 66); Hans-Jürgen von Bose (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); James Guthrie (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); John Zorn (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Jim Sande (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Derek Hasted (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697-1763; age 65); Jan Welmers (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Rolf Riehm (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Philip Glass (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Zbigniew Bargielski (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); David Del Tredici (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764; age 67); Joseph Rheinberger (1839-1901; age 62); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893; age 53); Oskar Rieding (1840-1918; age ca. 78); Johan Severin Svendsen (1840-1911; age 70); Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904; age 62); Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773; age 76); François Francoeur (1698-1787; age 88); Johann Adolf Hasse (1699-1783; age 84); Michel Blavet (1700-1768; age 68); Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700-1775; age ca. 75); François Rébel (1701-1775; age 74); Terrence Patrick Dougherty (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Carl Tausig (1841-1871; age 29); Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier (1841-1894; age 53); William Copper (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Randol Alan Bass (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Joel Hoffman (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50); Gordon Crosse (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Manuel Juarez (1937-still alive 2003; age ca. 66); Tormod Sæverud (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); William Bolcom (1938-still alive 2003; age ca. 65); Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702-1771; age ca. 69); Georg Andreas Sorge (1703-1778; age ca. 75); Gioseffo Hectore Fiocco (1703-1741; age 38); Franklin Stover (1953-still alive 2003; age ca. 50);

 
 

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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  Torquay   

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

Air on a G String, Gavotte, Bouree, Gigue -J S Bach; Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince of Denmark's Marh) -J Clarke; Nutcracker Suite - Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy –Tchaikowsky; Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo Act 2) -C W von Gluck; Pachelbel's Canon [short version] –Pachelbel; Nutcracker Suite - Waltz of the Flowers –Tchaikowsky; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Ave Maria –Schubert –Schubert; String Quartet K370 –Mozart; String Quartet K285 –Mozart; Hornpipe from the Water Music –Handel; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba –Handel; Air from the Water Music –Handel; Le Rejouissance –Handel; Suite from "CATS" - A Lloyd Webber; The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony; O Sole Mio - Rinaldo do Capua; The Londonderry Air; Country Club - Scott Joplin; Suite from the Dramatic Music of Henry Purcell –Purcell; Brandenburg Concerto No 3 -J S Bach; String Quartet K173 –Mozart; The Four Seasons – Spring –Vivaldi; String Quartet Op 77 no 1 - 1st movement –Haydn; Loure - J S Bach; String Quartet K169 –Mozart; Paragon Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin - The Entertainer ; Heliotrope Bouquet - Scott Joplin; Maple Leaf Rag - Scott Joplin; Scott Joplin's New Rag - Scott Joplin; Nutcracker Suite – Overture –Tchaikowsky; Ave Maria -Schubert; String Quartet K172 –Mozart; Nutcracker Suite – Trepak – Tchaikowsky; Pavane Faure; Nessun Dorma Puccini; String Quartet K158 –Mozart;