Popular Wedding Music Selections

What a busy day! I was up around 8 this morning (unheard of for a musician) and doing yardwork. I have a love/hate relationship with my yard. I love nature, but I'm allergic to most grass and weeds. As the sun touched the flowers surrounding me, I could almost hear "Morning" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite, swelling into a brilliant crescendo as the sunlight burst through the clouds. I needed to take a break from housecleaning and decided to do a quick blog entry. Since I'm meeting a couple this evening regarding their wedding music, I decided to muse on popular wedding songs. Common processionals include: Canon in D and Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring. Common recessionals include: Halellujah Chorus, Trumpet Voluntary and Ode to Joy.

I wind up playing Canon in D and Trumpet Voluntary at many weddings. As for the most unusual? It's a tie between Forever in Blue Jeans and Born to be Wild for a recessional. You can find out more about popular wedding songs at these sites:

• Wedding Ceremony Music & Song Lists

• Wedding Music - Piano Solo

Here are two of my favourite wedding music books to use:

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The Classical Wedding Piano Solo. Composed by Various. Piano. Classical, Wedding. 160 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.220029).

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Wedding & Love Fake Book - 6th Edition Over 500 Songs For All C Instruments. By Various. Fake Book. Love, Wedding. Softcover. 456 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.239950).

Seeing as it's summer (aka off-season for teaching), I'll cut down on my posts to one a week. Time to go enjoy some sun (er...houseclean, I mean houseclean). Really.

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