Suggested Music

Classical Processional and Recessional Music:

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Handel)
• Bridal Chorus (Wagner)
• Canon in D (Pachelbel)
• Chorale from Cantata No. 140 (Bach)
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach)
• Meditation from Thais
• Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
• Prelude from Te Deum (Charpentier, Marc-Antoine)
• Rondeau (Mouret)
• Salut d’Amour (quartet only) (Elgar)
• Seasons (Spring and Autumn) (Vivaldi)
• Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)
• Simple Gifts (quartet only)
• Sleeping Beauty Ballet Theme (Handel)
• Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
• Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
• Water Music and Firework Music Suites (Handel)
• Wedding March (Mendelssohn)

Contemporary Processional and Recessional Music:

• All You Need is Love (Beatles)
• A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)
• Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
• Reign of Love (Coldplay)
• Such Great Heights (Iron and Wine)
• The Wedding from Legends of the Fall (quartet only)
• Wedding Song – There is Love (Peter, Paul and Mary)

Music During the Ceremony:

• Air on the G String (Bach)
• All I Want is You (quartet only) (U2)
• Arioso (Bach)
• Autumn from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
• Ave Maria (Bach)
• Ave Maria (Schubert)
• Be Thou My Vision
• Sheep May Safely Graze (Bach)

Classical

Albinez, Isaac:

• Tango, Op. 165, No. 2 (Q)

Bach, Johann Sebastian:

• Suite #3 in D major (Air, Gavottes I and II, Bourree, Gigue) (T Q)
• Arioso from Cantata #156 (T Q)
• Ave Maria (T Q)
• Brandenburg Concerto #2 – Allegro, Andante, Allegro Assai (T)
• Chorale from Cantata #140 (Q)
• Gigue from Suite #3 in D major (T)
• Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata #147 (T Q)
• Rondeau from Orchestral Suite #2 (T)
• March in D Major from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (T)
• Sheep May Safely Graze from Canata #208 (T Q)
• Sleepers Wake (T Q)

Beethoven, Ludwig Van:

• Bagatelle from Bagatelles, Op. 119, #4 (T)
• Ecossaise in Eb (T)
• Ecossaise in G (T)
• I Love Thee (Q)
• Minuet (T)
• Ode to Joy (T Q)
• Symphony #7 Theme (T)

Bizet, Georges:

• Habanera from Carmen (Q)

Borodin, Alexander:

• Prince Igor from Polovtsian Dances (Q)

Boccherini, Luigi:

• Menuet Op. 11 No. 5

Brahms, Johannes:

• Hungarian Dance #5 (T)
• Saint Anthony’s Chorale (T)
• Sicilienne Op. 56 (T)
• Symphony #1 Theme (T Q)

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine

• Prelude from Te Deum (Charpentier, Marc-Antoine) (T Q)

Chopin, Frederick:

• Etude in E major, Op. 10 #3 (T Q)
• Nocturne from Op. 9 #2 (T)

Clarke, Jeremiah:

• Trumpet Voluntary (T Q)

Debussy:

• Clair De Lune (Q)
• La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (Q)
• Reverie (Q)

DeKoven, Reginald:

• Oh, Promise Me (Q)

Delibes, Leo:

• Flower Duet from Lakme (Q)

Dvorak, Antonin:

• Humoresque Op. 101, No. 7 (T Q)

Elgar, Edward:

• Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (Q)
• Salut D’Amour (Q)

Franck, Cesar:

• Panis Angelicus (T Q)

Gershwin, George:

• Summertime from Porgy and Bess (Q)

Gossec, Francois Joseph:

• Gavotte (T)
• Tambourin (T)

Grieg, Edvard:

• Gavotte from Holberg Suite (T)
• Norwegian Dance Op. 35 (T)

Handel, George Frideric:

• Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (T Q)
• Largo from Xerxes (T Q)
• Oboe Concerto in G minor (Sarabande, Allegro) (T)
• Royal Fireworks Music (Bourree, La Rejouissance, Minuet) (T Q)
• Water Music
  (Coro, La Paix, Allegro, Air, Hornpipe Finale, Bourree, Hornpipe, Menuet (T only), Allegro (T only)) (T Q)

Haydn, Joseph:

• Quartets (selected) (Q)
• Toy Symphony (T)
• Trio I from London Trios (T)

Ivanovici:

• Danube Waves (T Q)

Joplin:

• Pineapple Rage (T)
• Country Club Rag (T)
• Pleasant Moments (T)
• Paragon Rag (T)
• Solace (T)
• The Chrysanthemum (T)
• Peacherine Rag (T)

Liszt, Franz:

• Liebestraum (T Q)

Mascagni, Pietro:

• Intermezzo Sinfonico from Cavalleria rusticana (Q)

Massenet:

• Meditation from Thais (T Q)

McDowell, Edward:

• To A Wild Rose (Q)

Mendelssohn, Felix:

• Nocturne from a Midsummer Night’s Dream (T)
• Wedding March (T Q)

Molloy:

• Love’s Old Sweet Song (Q)

Mouret:

• Rondeau (T Q)

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus:

• Allegro in C Major K.9a/5a
• Alleluja from Exultate Jubilate (T Q)
• Andante from Piano Concerto No. 21 (T Q)
• Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 (T Q)
• Divertimenti (selections) (T Q)
• Eine Kleine Nactmusik (T Q)
• La Ci Darem La Mano from Don Giovanni (Q)
• Minuet in C Major K. 1f
• Papageno’s Aria from the Magic Flute (T)
• Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata in A major (T)
• String Quartets and Flute Quartets (selected) (Q)
• Salzburger Menuette (T)

Pachelbel, Johann:

• Canon in D (T Q)

Puccini, Giacomo:

• Nessun Dorma from Turandot (Q)

Purcell, Henry:

• Rondeau from Abdelazer (T)
• Trumpet Tune (T Q)

Rimsky-Korsakov:

• Scheherazade Theme (T)

Saint-Saens, Camille:

• The Swan from Carnival of the Animals (Q)

Satie, Erik:

• Gymnopedie No. 1 (Q)

Schubert, Franz:

• Ave Maria (T Q)
• Serenade (T Q)

Schumann, Robert:

• Traumereri from Kinderscenen, Op. 15 #7 (T Q)

Strauss, Johann:

• Polka (T)
• Radetzky March (T)

Telemann, Georg Philipp:

• Vivace from Sonata in F major for flute (T)

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich:

• Italian Song (T)
• Polka from Album for the Young (T)
• The Sleeping Beauty Ballet theme (Q)

Vivaldi, Antonio:

• Four Seasons (selections from spring, autumn, and winter) (T Q)

Wagner, Richard:

• Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (T Q)

Traditional:
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• Annie Laurie (T)
• Simple Gifts (Q)

Popular/Rock/Jazz

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• A Day in the Life of Fool “Black Orpheus” (Frank Sinatra) (Q)
• All I Want is You (U2) (Q)
• All You Need is Love (Beatles) (T Q)
• And So It Goes (Billy Joel) (Q)
• Anything Goes (Cole Porter) (T Q)
• As Time Goes By from Casablanca(Q)
• A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay) (T Q)
• At Last (Etta James) (Q)
• A Thousand Years (Christina Perri) (T Q)
• Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve) (Q)
• Blackbird (Beatles) (Q)
• Blue Mood (Q)
• Bye Bye Blackbird (Ella Fitzgerald) (Q)
• Clocks (Coldplay) (T Q)
• Don’t Stop Belivin’ (Journey) (T Q)
• Eleanor Rigby (Beatles) (Q)
• Haunted by Waters from a River Runs Through It (T Q)
• Here Comes the Sun (Beatles) (Q)
• How High the Moon (Ella Fitzgerald) (Q)
• Imagine (Beatles) (T)
• I Feel Pretty from Westside Story (T)
• It’s De-Lovely (Cole Porter) (T)
• It Had to Be You (Harry Connick Jr.)(Q)
• It’s Only a Paper Moon (Ella Fitzgerald) (Q)
• I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) (T)
• I Want to Hold Your Hand (Beatles) (Q)
• I Will Always Love You (Q)
• Just One of Those Things (Cole Porter) (T)
• Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars) (Q)
• La Vie En Rose (Louis Armstrong) (Q)
• Make You Feel My Love (Adele) (T Q)
• New York, New York (Frank Sinatra) (T)
• Over the Rainbow from Wizard of Oz (T Q)
• Por Una Cabeza Tango from the Scent of a Woman (Q)
• Reign of Love (Coldplay) (T Q)
• Romantic Flight from How to Train Your Dragon (T Q)
• The Shadow of Your Smile (Tony Bennett) (Q)
• Shine On, Harvest Moon (Ruth Etting) (T)
• Such Great Heights (Iron and Wine) (T Q)
• Sweet Child O’ Mine (Guns N’ Roses) (Q)
• Take Five (Dave Brubeck) (Q)
• The Very Thought of You (Billie Holiday) (Q)
• Viva La Vida (Coldplay) (Q)
• The Wedding from the Legends of the Fall (Q)
• Wedding Song – There is Love (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (T Q)
• What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) (T Q)
• When I Fall in Love from One Minute to Zero (Q)
• When I’m 64 (Beatles) (T Q)
• Yellow (Coldplay) (T Q)
• Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey) (T)

Hymns

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• All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name (Q)
• A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Q)
• Be Thou My Vision (T)
• Blessed Assurance (Q)
• Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Q)
• Crown Him With Many Crowns (Q)
• Holy, Holy, Holy (Q)
• My Jesus, I Love Thee (Q)
• O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing (Q)
• O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus (Q)
• Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (Q)
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Q)

Christmas

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• A Caroling We Go (T Q)
• A Holly Jolly Christmas (T Q)
• Angels We Have Heard on High (T Q)
• Away in a Manger (T Q)
• Bring Your Torches, Jeanette, Isabella (T Q)
• Cantique de Noel (Q)
• Coventry Carol (T)
• Deck the Halls (T Q)
• Frosty the Snowman (Q)
• The First Noel (T Q)
• For Unto Us a Child is Born from the Messiah (T)
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (T Q)
• Good Christian Men, Rejoice (T Q)
• Greensleeves (T Q)
• Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (T Q)
• The Holly and the Ivy (T Q)
• I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day (T Q)
• I Saw Three Ships (T Q)
• It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (T Q)
• Jingle Bells (Q)
• Jingle Bell Rock (Q)
• Jolly Old Saint Nicholas (T Q)
• Joy to the World (Q)
• Let it Snow! (Q)
• The Night Before Christmas (T Q)
• The Nutcracker (selections) (T Q)
• O Come, All Ye Faithful (Q)
• O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (T Q)
• O Little Town of Bethlehem (T Q)
• Pat-a-Pan (T Q)
• Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (T Q)
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (T Q)
• Santa Clause is Coming to Town
• Silent Night (T Q)
• Sing We Now of Christmas (T Q)
• Wassail Song (T Q)
• We Three Kings of Orient Are (T Q)
• We Wish You a Merry Christmas (T Q)
• Winter Wonderland (Q)