Wedding Music
 

Planning Your Wedding Prelude Music

 
 

The wedding prelude music is the songs that will be played before the actual ceremony while your guests are making their way to their seats. It is also your guests' introduction to your celebration. Whether your ceremony is taking place oudoors, or in a church, the sound of music always creates a great sense of expectation.Your prelude music will help set the tone and the mood for the rest of the wedding ceremony while filling in the time before the processional. Below are a few songs that will work perfectly as wedding prelude music whether you are going for something formal and traditional, or modern and contemporary:

Traditional/Classical Wedding Prelude Music:

Air on a G String - Bach

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach

Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach

Arioso - Bach

Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto - Bach

Air from Water Music - Handel

Brandenburg Concerto 2 - Bach

Courante (from Three Lute Dances) - Antoine Francisque

Spring (from the Four Seasons) - Vivaldi

The Swan - Camille Saint-Saens

Clair de Lune - Claude Debussy

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Claude Debussy

Ave Maria - Schubert

Nocturne in E Flat - Chopin

The Prince of Denmark's March - Clarke

Canon in D - Pachelbel

Bist du bei Mir (You are with Me) - Bach

Wachet Auf - Bach

Meditation (from Thias) - Jules Massenet

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee - Beethoven

Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

Waltz (from Sleeping Beauty) - Tchaikovsky

Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams

Marriage of Figaro - Mozart

Minuet - Mozart

Non Traditional/Contemporary Wedding Prelude Music:

Always - Atlantic starr

This Very Moment - Kci & JoJo

Butterflyz - Alicia Keys

Love - Musiq (Soulchild)

Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Beabo Bryson feat. Roberta Flack

You and I - Stevie Wonder

Gift of Love - Bette Midler

The Rose - Bette Midler

Someone To Watch Over Me - Ella Fitzgerald

When You Say You Love Me - Josh Groban

The Prayer - Andrea Bocelli

I Do (Cherish You) - 98 Degrees

If - Bread

We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters

Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Bryan Adams

The One - Elton John

Waiting on an Angel - Ben Harper

Don't Know Much - Linda Ronstadt feat Aaron Neville

Come Away With Me - Norah Jones

I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John

Adore - Prince

Hero - Enrique Iglesias

All The Way - Frank Sinatra

Amy Grant - Say Once More

I Will Be Here - Steven Curtis Chapman

Ton of Love - Chris Cagle

When I Said I Do - Clint Black

Lady - Kenny Rogers

Look at Us - Vince Gill

Bless The Broken Road - Rascal Flatts

Your Love Amazes Me - John Berry

Goodnight Sweetheart - David Kersh

China Roses - Enya

May It Be - Enya

Only Time - Enya

Wedding on the Mountain - Robin Spielberg

Since You Asked - Judy Collins

 

After you have chosen your Wedding Prelude Music choose the perfect music for the Bride's Entrance.

 
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