Wedding MIDI Files
Wedding music applies music played at wedding celebrations, including the ceremony and any festivities before or after the event. The music can be performed live by musicians and/or vocalists or use pre-recorded songs, depending on the format of the event, traditions associated with the prevailing culture and the wishes of the couple being married.Music can be used to announce the arrival of the participants of the wedding (such as a bride’s processional), and in many western cultures, this takes the form of a wedding march. For over 100 years[citation needed] the most popular processional has been the Bridal Chorus from Wagner’s Lohengrin (1850), often called “Here Comes The Bride”, traditionally played on a church organ.
At the end of the service, in Western services, the bride and groom march down the aisle to a lively recessional tune, the most popular[clarification needed] tune being Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1826).
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After the ceremony, there is often a celebratory dance, or reception, where there may be musical entertainment such as a wedding singer, live band, or DJ to play songs for the couple and guests.
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The “Bridal Chorus” is opposed by many pastors of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod because of pre-First World War Lutheran opposition to the theater and to the pagan elements of Wagner’s operas. The Roman Catholic Church generally does not use the “Bridal Chorus”; one diocese’s guidelines regarding the piece states that the chorus is a secular piece of music, that it is not a processional to the altar in the opera, and especially that its frequent use in film and television associate it with sentimentality rather than worship.
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