The G. Schirmer Piano Album of Wedding Classics

Studies show that there is still a preference among a significant percentage of brides and grooms for a classical wedding. This extraordinarily diverse collection covers 400 years of music, specifically chosen as appropriate for wedding ceremonies. Many of the choices are traditional; others are fresh suggestions. There are five indexes of the contents sorted by specific musical service functions: Processional and Recessional, Pre- and Post-Service Assembly, Interludes and Underscoring, Devotional, and Personal. Music by Bach, Barber, Boccherini, Brahms, Chopin, Clarke, Corigliano, Debussy, Fauré, Foster, Franck, Gounod, Grieg, Handel, Liszt, Malotte, Mendelssohn, Mouret, Mozart, Pachelbel, Puccini, Ravel, Satie, Schubert, Schumann, Stölzel, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Wagner.

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Contents:

• Simple Gifts
• Air on the G String (Bach)
• Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach)
• Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
• Panis Angelicus (C. Franck)
• Arioso (Bach)
• Sheep and Lambs May Safely Graze (Bach)
• Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Bach)
• Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May (Ball/Walker)
• Adagio (Adagio for Strings) (Samuel Barber)
• Minuet (Boccherini)
• Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Brahms)
• Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 (Chopin)
• Prelude, Op. 28, No. 15 (Chopin)
• Trumpet Anthem (Clarke)
• Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
• Alternate Statements (Corigliano)
• Clair De Lune (Debussy)
• Pavane (Faure)
• Beautiful Dreamer (Foster)
• Wedding Day at Troldhauen (Grieg)
• Hornpipe (from Water Music) (Handel)
• Largo (from Xerxes) (Handel)
• Pastoral Symphony (from Messiah) (Handel)
• Where'er You Walk (from Semele) (Handel)
• Liebestraum (Liszt)
• The Lord's Prayer (Malotte)
• Duet from Songs Without Words, Op. 38, No. 6 (Mendelssohn)
• Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream) (Mendelssohn)
• Rondeau in D Major (Mouret)
• A Little Night Music (Second Movement) (Mozart)
• Concerto No. 21 in C (Second Movement) (Mozart)
• Canon (Pachelbel)
• Musetta's Waltz from La boheme (Puccini)
• Pavane (Ravel)
• Gymnopedie No. 1 (Satie)
• Ave Maria (Schubert)
• Du bist die Ruh (Schubert)
• Traumerei (Reverie) (Schumann)
• Be Thou With Me (Bist Du bei Mir) (Stoelzel)
• None but the Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky)
• Concerto for Guitar (Vivaldi)
• Autumn from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
• Spring from The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
• Bridal Song from Lohengrin (Bridal March) (Wagner)
• Simple Gifts (COPLAND)
• The Lord's Prayer
• Adagio For Strings