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Music plays a very important role in every wedding no matter how grand or how simple it is. Western weddings make use of music for the processional, that moment when the bride and her party walk down the aisle. Another set of music is chosen for the reception.
The bride and groom usually choose songs that mean something to them. While new songs have made it to the list of favorite music, these traditional songs are continuously being used weddings all over the world more memorable.
The Bridal Chorus
This music, which was composed by Richard Wagner, was used in the opera Lohengrin. It is known the world over as "Here Comes The Bride" due to its popularity as a processional song not only in the United States but in other countries as well. Wagner's anti-Semitic reputation has however limited the use of the song among those outside the Jewish world. The Bridal Chorus is usually played at the beginning of the wedding ceremony, contrary to its placement in the Lohengrin Opera where it was used after the ceremony. It is also ironic that Lohengrin and Elsa's (the opera characters) marriage was a failure.
The Wedding March
This song by Felix Mendelssohn was used in the 1842 play by Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It holds the record to being one of the most requested wedding march songs although it is often used in English-speaking countries as a recessional song. It was first used in the 1847 wedding of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel in the UK but became popular only in 1858 when it was used in the wedding of Princess Victoria to Prussia's Prince Frederick William.
Toccata
This music by French organist and composer Charles-Marie Widor is often used as a wedding recessional music. This piece, which is part of the Symphony for Organ No. 5, is also a favorite closing song during the Christmas Midnight masses celebrated at the St. Louis. Peter's Basilica. While it made him popular, Widor disliked the speed with which other organists played it.
Der Ententanz
This song, which originally called Der Voglertanz or The Bird Dance, is often called The Chicken Dance in the United States. It is a Swiss oom-pah song with a lively tempo that made it a favorite reception dance tune. Beer lovers would recognize it as the Octoberfest song.
You too can use any of these traditional songs for your wedding along with your favorite love songs. The ceremony alone requires several songs that will be played during the seating of the guests and the procession of the bridal party, the entrance of the bride and the recessional.
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Source by Amanda Jane
