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NEW WEDDING CEREMONIAL MUSIC
Of Beauty & Taste, Dignity & Distinction
- New Wedding Marches, Preludes, Postludes, Solo Vocal Settings
- In a Range of Classical Styles and Moods
- A Welcome Alternative to the Standard Wedding Repertoire
- Available as PDF of Sheet Music or MP3 Audio Files
Why Great Wedding Music Matters - The uncanny power of music to set a mood, to elevate mere ceremony to ineffable levels, affords a golden opportunity to make your wedding unforgettable. Carefully chosen, it can evoke grandeur, jubilation, reflection, devotion, or really any emotion or effect you want to convey. It can speak volumes beyond words.
"Music is love in search of a word." ....SIDNEY LANIER
With the love you lavish on planning this momentous day,
you will be richly rewarded by the careful
thought you put into each element that will contribute to that
powerful effect as you walk down the aisle with dignity, honor, joy and
awe, in the presence of family and friends, to be united for all time
with the love of your life. Be sure to let the music do its part!
Whether the marriage ceremony you plan is grand and elaborate, or elegantly
intimate, take the opportunity to clothe your wedding in the
grand gown of
beautiful and ravishing music. Basic
Functions of Wedding Music.
Be the First to Walk Down the Aisle to a Brand-New Wedding March -
Why settle for the same old "Here Comes the Bride" when
you can be a trend-setter?
My catalog of new wedding music offers a rich variety of musical
styles, moods and instrumental combinations and vocal solo songs,
each designed to raise your wedding day to new spiritual heights.
Whether the music you favor is sacred or secular,
vocal or instrumental, Baroque, Modern, Folk or
Jewish, there is something
here to fill your needs.
Choose the Right Music for Your Ceremony - Click a link below for a sample of a musical style from my works:
- Baroque - grandeur and pomp, to make yours a royal wedding
- Folk - love and legacy
- Contemporary Classical - mystical power and spiritual devotion
- Vocal Solos - settings of beloved sacred verses and psalms
- Garden Moods - for flute & piano, bringing the garden inside
- Middle-Eastern Style Processional - to verses from the Song of Songs
- Trumpet Fanfare - jubilation and celebration
- Jewish Hassidic - pathos, dignity, romance - to verses from Proverbs
Sample Any Song or Work -
Just click on the "All Selections" link above, and then link to the
information page for each work. For each instrumental
wedding piece, hear an MP3 audio sample. For each vocal
solo song, see and hear the selection by linking to its video, which
visually scans the sheet music for you as the playback is heard.
About Playbacks
Purchase Sheet Music for Performance by Live Musicians, or Audio
MP3 Files for Playback - You may purchase any selection as
sheet music in downloadable digital (PDF) format, ready to
be printed out by you or your hired performers. (DIGITAL
DOWNLOAD ONLY - Sorry, no sale or shipment
of hard copies). Not hiring musicians? No problem. Instrumental wedding works are
also available for
purchase as MP3 audio files to play at your ceremony in place of
a live
performance.
| VIDEO OF WEDDING WORKS | |
| SHORT VERSION
- 4 minutes. Features short samples of 5 wedding music
selections: 1. Flourish #1 (trumpet & organ version) 2. Promenade in A (trumpet & strings version) 3. Air Americana (string quartet version) 4. Bride's Ballade (flute & harp version) 5. Waltz of Days (string quartet version) Concluding with Flourish #1 brass quintet version WATCH FULL LENGTH VERSION - 15 minutes. Features lengthier samples of 10 selections: Flourish #1; Air in A; Fanfare #1; Promenade in A; Air Americana; Solemn Betrothal; Bride's Ballade; From the Old Country; Contemplation; Euphoria; Waltz of Days, Flourish #1 (reprise). WATCH on YouTube |
BASIC FUNCTIONS OF WEDDING MUSIC
It's useful to think of ceremony and ritual as, in essence, a
kind of theater, and the wedding as a joyful performance of sorts for all involved -
why else would you go to so much thought and effort in picking the
right gowns, tuxes, flowers, the perfect venue, etc.? The music
you choose functions in the context of that theatrical performance.
Prelude or Pre-Ceremony
Music - For the 30 minutes or so
before the formal processional begins, the music might be sedate or
atmospheric, and should serve not to draw focus away from the actual
ceremony. Prelude music should not be overly lively or monumental in tone or
mood (save that music for what is to come), but is your opportunity to help establish
whatever mood, theme or motif you are striving for. Think of it as
the overture to your event.
Processional -
Procession music can be in any of a wide variety of styles, indeed anything
you feel is appropriate, But generally speaking it is music of
dignity, grace, beauty, joy. It can convey the same sort of
jubilation and livelier tempo as the recessional, or just as often it is
quieter and slower. Although the tempo of the music might reflect
a marching feel, this is by no means a hard and fast requirement.
It is often (though not always) the
practice to use different processional music for the entrance of the
wedding party, family, etc., than for the climactic entrance of the bride herself. Depending on
the size of your wedding party and venue, this may or may not be
effective. In a small chapel or room, or with a small party, it
might be preferable to go with a single musical work for the entire
procession. But in grander circumstances such as a larger church or
synagogue, and with a larger party, a contrasting piece which offers the
opportunity to heighten the excitement as the bride enters, can be all
the more thrilling. For example, the family might process to a
slower-tempo music, while the bride will enter to a great flourish, and
perhaps faster tempo. Or the bridal music might be still be slow,
but of greater emotional depth, The possibilities, as you can
imagine, are almost limitless.
Interlude / In-Ceremony Music -
A great way to add interest to your ceremony and keep it engaging for
the attendees, to differentiate and partition the ritual proceedings
with music that heightens and deepens the spiritual meaning of the
occasion. Use special ritual moments such as a
Unity Candle lighting, or the Jewish ceremony of the
Seven Circles, as opportunities to employ interlude music.
The interlude selection is often a vocal solo to an apropos text.
If you have a friend or family member who is a singer, it might serve as
a chance for them to offer a personal and heartfelt tribute to your
celebration.
Recessional / Postlude - Here is the final musical flourish
for the final moment of your wedding - the first moment of your life
together! Make it celebratory, jubilant, exuberant, lively.
Typically, wedding recessional music is fast and joyous, to match the
mood of the newlyweds.
Use your imagination when considering a musical selection for any of
these functions, and picture
yourself and your family processing or recessing to it. Does it
make the effect you want? In many cases, the choice of instruments
and/or voice range is flexible, and these choices offer variation in the
final effect.
Listen for Yourself ! - My New Music for
Weddings catalog offers not only a variety of musical styles
and functions both instrumental and vocal, but also the opportunity to
audio-sample any selection. Enjoy exploring it, and perhaps have
your family, friends and engaged musicians explore it - then seek their
opinions.