Your Parade - The Wedding March

Posted by Doncrack Friday, September 25, 2009

The wedding march is a traditional procession that happens at most weddings, depending on the customs and cultures of the bride and groom. Soon after each the bride and groom have arrived at the alter, everyone is expected to come together in couples, and follow the newlyweds to the venue. The procession branches out as they are following the couple. Those people who were in the wedding ceremony stick to the center while those who were invited stay towards the sides of the procession.

A wedding an amazing event to attended for both friends and family. A wedding is an event that demands felicitation and lots of arrangement prior to it. The wedding march is an event in which everyone can be a part of and gives the opportunity to join the couple by creating unity. Every tradition performed in a wedding has a history to it, this does not exclude the wedding march.

Music is an integral factor to anyone’s wedding. It plays a huge role in setting up the mood and tone for the ceremony. The harpsichord, contributes greatly to the wedding ceremony and its atmosphere. Anybody who has attended a wedding will tell you how important the music is, especially when the bride walks down the aisle. Different types of tunes and melodies are played at certain times in wedding services. Accompanied by two different tunes, the wedding march has one for the recessional and processional.

The wedding march can be dated back all the way the middle of the nineteenth century. Before then, music was not allowed to be a part of any wedding. Soon though, it became a tradition to have music played throughout the service. Richard Wagner was the creator of “Here Comes the Bride”, as it was first used in his opera Lohengren. This melody is what has become traditionally played as the bride walks down the aisle to the alter and her groom.

The tune choosen for the recessional, is from a piece composed by Felix Mendelssohn. It was choosen for A Midsummers Night’s Dream, but wasn’t played until after his death. It became popular in the mid-eighteen hundreds, after the English Princess Royal played it during her recessional.

The history of the music used for the wedding march, has and will change over time. So far, it has continued to be a part of wedding ceremonies for decades and will evolve as the world of music does.

by: Guest

 
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