Wedding
A wedding is a civil or religious ceremony at which the beginning of a marriage is celebrated.
Music
Music often played at western weddings includes:
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- The "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, often used as the processional and commonly known as "Here Comes the Bride" - Note: Richard Wagner was extremely Anti-Semitic, and as a result, the Bridal Chorus is often not used at Jewish weddings.
- The "Wedding March" from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for the Shakespeare play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, often used as a recessional
- The "Toccata" from Charles-Marie Widor's Symphony for Organ No. 5, also used as a recessional (ogg format, 20 seconds, 79KB)
- Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D
- Segments of the Ode To Joy, the fourth movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, sometimes make appearances at weddings; its message of humanistic unity is suitable for the occasion.
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