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No. 2 "Das Heimweh: Was ist's das mir den Atem hemmet" (composed by Fanny Mendelssohn, but published under Felix's name) [1] No. 3 "Italien: Schöner und schöner schmückt sich" (composed by Fanny Mendelssohn) [1] No. 4 "Erntelied: Es ist ein Schnitter, der heißt Tod" (MWV K 37) No. 5 "Pilgerspruch: Laß dich nur nichts nicht dauern" (MWV K 31)
Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music (Op. 61) to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches , generally being played on a church pipe organ .
Trumpet part (top) and the main theme in the violin part (bottom), of the "Wedding March" from Mendelssohn's Op. 61 Mendelssohn wrote the concert overture The Hebrides ( Fingal's Cave ) in 1830, inspired by visits to Scotland around the end of the 1820s.
In 1844 Mendelssohn arranged three movements for piano solo (Scherzo, Nocturne, Wedding March), which received their first recording by Roberto Prosseda in 2005. Slightly better known is the composer's own arrangement, also made in 1844, of five movements for piano duet (Overture, Scherzo, Intermezzo, Nocturne, Wedding March).
In English-speaking countries, it is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride" or "Wedding March", but "wedding march" refers to any piece in march tempo accompanying the entrance or exit of the bride, notably Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March".
The Wedding March may refer to: "Wedding March" (Mendelssohn), an 1842 composition by Felix Mendelssohn from his incidental music for A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Wedding March, an 1873 play by W. S. Gilbert, later adapted as the comic opera Haste to the Wedding; The Wedding March, an Italian silent film directed by Carmine Gallone
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 51-minute studio album containing the overture and most of the incidental music that Felix Mendelssohn wrote to accompany William Shakespeare's play of the same name. It is performed by Judith Blegen , Frederica von Stade , the Women's Voices of the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Orchestra ...
The exiting of the bridal party is also called the wedding recessional. At the end of the service, in Western traditions, the bride and groom march back up the aisle to a lively recessional tune, a popular one being Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream (1842). [6]