For the wedding pianist, this comprehensive collection contains 44 piano solos of the most frequently requested wedding preludes, processionals, interludes, and recessionals; plus, other beautiful music to play at receptions. Lush arrangements of popular and standard romantic ballads complement a treasury of piano masterworks, and selected Christian wedding favorites. The wedding party and their guests will enjoy the beauty of these timeless favorites. Additionally, a 4-page guide will aid brides, grooms and pianists in choosing music for the ceremony. Titles: Adagio Cantabile (2nd Movement from Beethoven’s "Grande Sonate Pathétique") * Andante, from Elvira Madigan (Mozart) * Be Thou My Vision (Traditional) * Beauty and the Beast, from Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast * Bist Du Bei Mir (Be Thou With Me) (Bach) * Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin (Wagner) * Canon in D (Pachelbel) * Clair De Lune, from Suite Bergamasque (Debussy) * Dream a Little Dream of Me (Standard) * Emily (Johnny Mandel) * First Gymnopédie (Satie) * The Flower Duet, from Lakmé (Delibes) * Household of Faith (Steve Green) * How Beautiful (Twila Paris) * I Will Be Here (Steven Curtis Chapman) * I'm in the Mood for Love (Standard) * Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Bach) * Laura (Standard) * La Réjouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks (Handel) * Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky) * Love Theme from Scheherezade (Mendelssohn) * Love Will Be Our Home (Steven Curtis Chapman) * More Than You Know (Standard) * Nocturne in E-Flat Major (Chopin) * Notturno (Grieg) * O Mio Babbino Caro (Puccini) * O Perfect Love (Traditional) * Ode to Joy (Beethoven) * Panis Angelicus (Franck) * Plaisir D’Amour (Martini) * Polka Dots and Moonbeams (Standard) * The Prayer (Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli) * Prelude in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 (Bach) *Prelude in D-Flat Major (Chopin) * Prelude, from Te Deum (Charpentier) * The Prince of Denmark’s March (Trumpet Voluntary) (Clarke) * Rondeau (Mouret) * Take My Life (Holiness) * Träumerei, from Scenes from Childhood (Schumann) * Trumpet Tune in C (Purcell) * Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) * When Love Is Found * A Whole New World, from Walt Disney’s Aladdin * You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban).
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Music and the Wedding Ceremony
Processionals and Recessionals
Bridal Chorus, from Lohengrin Richard Wagner
Canon in D Johann Pachelbel
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring Johann Sebastian Bach
Ode to Joy Ludwig van Beethoven
Prelude, from Te Deum Marc-Antoine Charpentier
The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary) Jeremiah Clarke
La Réjouissance, from Music for the Royal Fireworks George Frideric Handel
Rondeau Jean-Joseph Mouret
Trumpet Tune in C Henry Purcel
Wedding March, from A Midsummer Night's Dream Felix Mendelssohn
Love Songs for Receptions
Beauty and the Beast, from Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Emily
I'm in the Mood for Love
Laura
More Than You Know
Polka Dots and Moonbeams
The Prayer
A Whole New World, from Walt Disney's Aladdin
You Raise Me Up
Songs and Hymns for the Service
Be Thou My Vision
Household of Faith
How Beautiful
I Will Be Here
Love Will Be Our Home
O Perfect Love
Take My Life (Holiness)
When Love Is Found
Masterworks for Preludes
Adagio cantabile, from Grande Sonate Pathétique, Op. 13 Ludwig van Beethoven
Andante, from Elvira Madigan Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bist du Bei Mir (Be Thou with Me) Johann Sebastian Bach
Clair de lune, from Suite bergamasque Claude Debussy
First Gymnopédie Erik Satie
The Flower Duet, from Lakmé Léo Delibes
Love Theme, from Romeo and Juliet Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Love Theme, from Scheherezade Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2 Frédéric Chopin
Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 Edvard Grieg
O Mio Babbino Caro Giacomo Puccini
Panis Angelicus César Franck
Plaisir d'amour Giovanni Battista Martini
Prelude in C Major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846 Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 Frédéric Chopin
Träumerei, from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, No. 7 Robert Schumann