

If you want a more Scottish tune, the music from Mairi's Wedding, a Scottish folk song by John Roderick Bannerman, is a popular choice on the other side of the Atlantic. Toccata, composed in 1880 by French composer Charles-Marie Widor for Symphony for Organ No. However, if you're looking for other tunes, you have options: Pachabel's Canon in D is another popular wedding ceremony piece (and it's one of my personal favorites). This piece is now, arguably, the most popular piece of music to play as the bride and groom leave the alter. (It may be coincidence that both pieces were created by German composers during the same 8-year timespan.) Mendelssohn composed this as a concert overture for William Shakespeare's famed play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. The "Wedding March," which is often played after the ceremony, when a bride walks away from the alter with her new groom, was composed by Felix Mendelssohn in 1842. In English-Speaking Countries The Bridal Chorus Is Generally Known As Here Comes The Bride Or The Wedding March. Wagner's piece isn't the only music that's commonly associated with weddings. "Here Comes the Bride" is a secular piece of music, and some churches advise against playing it during the procession, because of its secular nature. While Wagner wrote lyrics for this musical piece in his opera, the Bridal Chorus (as its performed at weddings today) is usually played on an organ, without any lyrics. Nevertheless, the Bridal Chorus has become a mainstay of traditional European and American weddings. So this songs' position as the musical accompaniment for walking down the aisle is a departure from Wagner's original intent. (And her marriage is a near-immediate failure).

In the opera Lohengrin, the women sing the chorus of this song after the wedding, when they're accompanying the bride Elsa during her departure from the ceremony. But how did this tradition start? Where does this come from? "Here Comes the Bride" is technically called the "Bridal Chorus." It was written in 1850 as part of an opera called Lohengrin, composed by Richard Wagner. Generally, either a live band or a prerecorded audio soundtrack will play this song when a woman walks down the aisle. It's common to hear the song "Here Comes the Bride" at weddings. We all remember the first line which is often sung by children.Why Do People Play "Here Comes the Bride" at Weddings? Life with new meaning, life shared as oneĮntering God's union, bowed before His throne Love have they waited long have they planned
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Meeting her bridegroom her eyes full of love. Radiant and lovely she shines in his sight Here comes the bride dressed all in light Here Comes the Bride - Alternative Wedding Lyrics

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This sweet-smelling room, decked for love, Join you in faith as the happiest of couples.įlee now the splendows of the wedding feast, Where the blessing of love shall preserve you! The alternative lyrics "Here comes the bride dressed all in light" follow and finally we have included the parody! A Wedding march traditionally accompanies the entrance or exit of the bride at her wedding, most notably the "Wedding March" by Felix Mendelssohn. In English-speaking countries the Bridal Chorus is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride" or the "Wedding March". This is the famous march played for the bride's entrance at many formal Christian weddings. We all know the humorous words to 'Hear comes the Bride' but the first lyrics on this page come from the "Bridal Chorus" "Treulich geführt", from the opera Lohengrin, by the German composer Richard Wagner.
