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Would you let someone else pick your wedding dress or choose your bridesmaids and groomsmen?
Of course not!
You also wouldn’t let someone else choose other wedding details. It’s your celebration and you want it to reflect your personal choices.
You make the decisions about other aspects of your wedding because they’ll make the event more personal. [Read the full article…]
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If you just can’t find the right ceremony music for your wedding or you’re incredibly busy, you may be tempted to just ask your musician to pick something for you.
Don’t worry. All hope for having memorable ceremony music that reflects you is not completely lost (see Music That Reflects You) if you decide to do this!
But there are a few things to think about before you ask to make sure you actually get results you’re looking for (and not simply offloading a task to someone else).
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Did you know that two of the world’s greatest composers had their 325th birthdays in 2010? And they both wrote lots of great wedding music? Well, they may not have written it to be used as wedding music, but we’ve since put it to good use!
Back in March, the world celebrated Johann Sebastian Bach’s birthday. But a month earlier was Georg Frideric Handel’s birthday. I’m finally getting around to a much-belated birthday recognition for him.
Like Bach, Handel’s music remains popular today. One of his works is recognized by almost everyone: his famous and loved Hallelujah chorus from the oratorio “Messiah”, which itself is also extremely well-known, with performances of it heard regularly, especially during the Christmas holiday period.
I wonder if it’s because the music of Bach and Handel is so well-known and loved that even today much of it still appeals to couples planning their weddings.
In any case, to celebrate this major birth anniversary, here are my favorite Handel wedding music suggestions! [Read the full article…]
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Are you looking for unique, truly memorable ceremony wedding songs? Music that you won’t have to worry about your guests hearing at other weddings?
If so, you’re probably already trying to avoid overused music. I don’t need to remind you about how overused certain pieces are—you can be certain your guests will hear those overused pieces at almost every wedding they attend before and after yours. You may still be looking for music ideas to replace the overused choices.
If you’re worried about choosing classical music or maybe even a little intimidated, remember the goal isn’t to select music that shows how clever or musically knowledgeable you are. The goal is simply to have ceremony music that expresses your great joy in just the way you’d like it expressed. To have music that reflects you, that is uniquely yours!
In this article, I’ll suggest ceremony wedding songs that are very appropriate for churches, but just aren’t all that well known. Be assured that they’re not pieces that are radical or “out there”, that might cause your guests to cringe, or that your church will question their appropriateness. [Read the full article…]
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How would you describe your upcoming wedding ceremony? Is it going to be a traditional wedding?
I know many of you are planning for a traditional wedding. But some of you don’t want it to be too traditional.
Others definitely don’t want a traditional wedding at all but are planning a church wedding.
In both cases, you need music ideas that don’t scream TRADITIONAL WEDDING! [Read the full article…]
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