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Wedding Music in   Swanage   

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

See our  Swanage  Wedding Music bands and ensembles

A small selection of our wedding music groups across the UK is shown below. To find wedding music in   Swanage  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:  Lucien Goethals (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896; age 84); Sigismond Thalberg (1812-1871; age 59); Keith Barnard (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Michel Bero (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Anton Del Forno (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Peter Pindar Stearns (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Donald Martino (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Girolamo Fantini (1600-1675; age ca. 75); William Lawes (1602-1645; age 43); Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676; age 73); Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674; age 68); Johann Jacob Froberger (1616-1667; age 50); Frank Ferko (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Nejat Basegmezler (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Friedrich von Flotow (1812-1883; age 70); Ernst Haberbier (1813-1869; age 55); Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901; age 87); Matthias Weckman (1616-1674; age ca. 58); Joan Cererols (1618-1680; age 61); Anthony Hedges (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Sylvano Bussotti (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Jorge Kumok (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Malcolm Williamson (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-still alive 2003; age ca. 72); Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomyzjski (1813-1869; age 55); Charles-Valentin Morhange Alkan (1813-1888; age 74); Richard Wagner (1813-1883; age 69); Adolf von Henselt (1814-1889; age ca. 75); Michael Carnes (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); José Marín (1618-1699; age ca. 81); Solomon Eccles (1618-1683; age ca. 65); Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677; age ca. 58); Johann Rosenmüller (1619-1684; age ca. 65); François Cosset (1620-1682; age ca. 62); Matthew Locke (1622-1677; age ca. 55); Antonio Cesti (1623-1669; age 46); Marilynn Stark (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Daniel Leo Simpson (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); James Dillon (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Richard Cooke (1950-still alive 2003; age ca. 53); Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865; age 51);

 
 

Wedding Music - a quotation:  Swanage   

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

‘E’en little things can yield a perfect pleasure, e’en little things can be supremely dear’—so run the lines of a Tuscan song beautifully set to music by Hugo Wolf. And of nothing is that so true as the ‘little things’ of chamber music. One finds in that field no necessary correlation between size and quality. Homer Ulrich (1906—

Live Music for Weddings, Parties & Corporate Events in  Swanage   

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   

REPERTOIRE EXAMPLES FOR WEDDING MUSIC

I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside; Scott Joplin – Bethena; Scott Joplin - Country Club; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Leroy Anderson - The Typewriter; Scott Joplin - The Easy Winners; Knight Rider Theme; Leaning on a Lamppost; Let's Do It - (by Cole Porter); Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Makin' Whoopee - (by Walter Donaldson); Molly on the Shore; The Muppet Show Theme; Gershwin - Summertime ; Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1; Dvorak - Slavonic Dance no.7; Elgar - Chanson de Matin/Nuit; Bach - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring; Elgar – Nimrnd; Oasis – Wonderwall; Palladio - (by Karl Jenkins); Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - (by Jerome Kern); The Teddy Bears' Picnic; Thunderbirds; Chopin - Grand Valse Brilliante; Mascangi – Intermezzo; Dvorak - Humoresque no.1;