If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the wedding ceremony music planning you need to do, maybe you need some wedding music samples!
You’ve got so many decisions to make planning your wedding. Sometimes, you need a little help or inspiration. Sometimes that can be nothing more than seeing what others have done.
Here are sample wedding ceremony music listings. Maybe these examples will help you get past any feelings of being overwhelmed.
Ideas and inspiration from wedding music samples
These wedding ceremony samples are all from real-world weddings.
Regardless whose wedding they were for, how much (or how little) planning went into them, or how the pieces were selected, they are couples’ best efforts to put together meaningful ceremony music.
Don’t copy…seek inspiration
Don’t just copy them…that defeats the entire purpose!
Instead, look them over, listen to the music and find inspiration in them. Then make choices about what you like from amongst the many music selections you have in front of you!
++ Example Ceremony 1 ++
Processional: Debussy: Claire de lune
Hymn: “O Father All Creating”
Recessional: Bach: “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”
++ Example Ceremony 2 ++
Prelude: Purifoy: Hyfrydol
Processional: Handel: Largo from Xerxes
Hymns:
- “Of the Father’s Love Begotten”
- “Lord, When You Came as Welcome Guest”
Recessional: Purcell: Trumpet Voluntary
++ Example Ceremony 3 ++
Prelude: Telemann: The Heroic Music
Processionals:
- (bridal party) Bach: “Liebster Jesu, wir sind Hier” (“Dearest Jesus, We Are Here”)
- (bridal) Reger: “Nun Danket alle Gott” (“Now Thank We All Our God”)
Hymns:
- “The Church’s One Foundation”
- “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
Recessional: Handel: The Trumpet Shall Sound
If this is helpful to you, you’ll want to check out Wedding Music Unveiled’s Guide to Selecting Memorable Church Wedding Music. It includes over 30 pages of sample wedding ceremonies as a bonus document!
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