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I Don't Know Anything About Classical Wedding Music!Can’t tell a canon from a toccata from a fugue?

You can choose music for the wedding ceremony of your dreams even if you don’t know the slightest thing about classical music.

We’ve heard couples say “We don’t know anything about music, you choose what you think is best.” Wow.

Your wedding day is important to you. Why would you want someone else to pick your music for you?

It’s like saying “We don’t know anything about language. You choose the vows you think will be best for us.” [Read the full article…]

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Want Some More Instrumental Wedding Music?A few weeks ago, I posted an article with some instrumental wedding music ideas. Here are even more ideas for you. [Read the full article…]

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11 Exciting Wedding Postlude Music Ideas to End Your CeremonyYour wedding postlude music will be the last music your guests hear before walking out the door. It’ll be the music that sticks in their mind.

I’ve got some tips for planning your wedding postlude music and some music suggestions that will be sure to leave your guests with a great tune in their heads. [Read the full article…]

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Instrumental Wedding SongsWant to have an instrument play in your wedding ceremony but want some ideas before booking a musician?

Including an instrument in your church wedding ceremony is a wonderful way help set the mood for this joyous occasion. Instrumental wedding songs give your ceremony character and help you “personalize” it.

There’s an endless amount of music to choose from. So I have some ideas to help get you started if you’re considering having some instrumental wedding songs in your ceremony. [Read the full article…]

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church wedding music-does it have to be classical“Do I have to use classical music for my church wedding ceremony? Why can’t it be the music that I listen to?”

I’ve previously written about using classical music for choosing church wedding music. That article dealt with what it means for music “to be appropriate” for use in a church (see “What Everyone Ought To Know About Choosing Church Wedding Music”).

This time from a different angle

This time, I want to look at from a different angle; the “I don’t listen to classical music” angle. Classical music doesn’t have the audience it once did. This impacts wedding music planning because it’s very easy to discount it as irrelevant. [Read the full article…]

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Avoid Overused Music! 29 Better Choices for Prelude Music for Wedding Ceremonies

Here are 29 great choices of prelude music for wedding ceremonies. They’re all perfect for church weddings.

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A Brand New Wedding Song For You To Discover

“Est Amor”, written in 2007 by the Hungarian composer and musician Balint Karosi, is a piece that is well-suited for use as a wedding song, having been written for a wedding, as were the lyrics (in 1398).

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Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary in D

Jeremiah Clarke’s Trumpet Voluntary in D is his best-known work, used in countless weddings because of its stately, majestic, ceremonial, melodic, pleasing character.

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Give Me 5 Minutes And I’ll Give You 11 Great Wedding Recessionals

Here are some great pieces of music well-suited for use as a recessional in a church wedding ceremony.

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More Trumpet Tunes Than You’ll Know What To Do With

Want to inexpensively increase your wedding music repertoire or just looking for ideas? Here’s a sheet music collection that will be a great resource for church musicians, especially organists.

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