Felix Mendelssohn
Wedding March 1842
from A Midsummer Night's Dream : incidental music , based on Shakespeare famous play in same title
" Midsummer night's dream ".
Wedding march : Felix Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream usually played during weddings , sometimes used string quartets or pipe organ , this march is used as entrance of the bride , or processional of the bride , if you search on wedding albums , you will listen to the Wedding march : Felix Mendelssohn as well the bridal chorus from opera Lohengrin , composed by Richard Wagner in 1848 , by the way Lebanese singer Majida El Roumi used this awesome wedding march with Arabic lyric titled " Nasheed elzifaf " .
about Wedding March : Mendelssohn
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Wedding March is the best known of the pieces from " suite of incidental music " op 61 , At wedding in English speaking countries , this piece is commonly in recessional or closing wedding ceremonies , it is not sacred music , it is termed with Bridal chorus : Lohengrin composed by Richard Wagner , Jeremiah Clarke "Prince of Denmark's March" both of played as entry of wedding ceremony .
Wedding March : Mendelssohn become the most famous march in popular culture , it used at Wedding of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel in 1847 . and wedding of princess royal Victoria , daughter of queen Victoria who is loved Mendelssohn 's music and for whom Mendelssohn often played while his on visits to Britain.
Vladimir Horowitz transcribed the wedding march into virtuoso piano and played it as an encore at his concerts .
Photos :
if you watch my video carefully , you will see some sections related to wedding such as :
1_ The bride
Follow the history of wedding dress through ages and historical periods from middle ages , i choose 2 styles , first is medieval English and the other is Celtic , i choose renaissance style , 16 Th till 19 Th century style , some styles like : Tudor, Elizabethan age , 17 Th century , restoration , i choose from 18th and 19 Th century , Antoinette style , Kelmscott ,Green-Gold Brocade , Elizabeth of Austria , in contemporary style i choose La belle dame , Amethyst , Tiffany , in Pre-Raphaelite i choose styles such as Raffaella and Ophelia.
in this video there are : WEDDING RING , WEDDING TOAST , WEDDING CAKE , WEDDING DECORATION.
we don't forget i focus on GOTHIC STYLE with two glittering dresses , Glimmer and royalty .
also in video , there is trumpet tune from Bridal march , Mendelssohn's stamp , scores to follow and taste the beautiful composition for wedding ceremony .
about painting :
1_ Constantin Somov : Lady in Pink. 1903. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Art Nouveau .
2_ John William Waterhouse: Tristan and Isolde - 1905
3_ John William Waterhouse : Ophelia 1888.
Wedding speech , quotes and poems displayed on video . before explain poems and quotes , there are styles of contemporary wedding dress , nowadays trends and fashion styles getting retro , funky , boho chic , Gothic , weird styles inspired by counter culture movements , just follow fashion weeks in Paris , Milan , London , you will discover freaky styles .
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Quotes and speeches :
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1_Most girls seem to marry men who happen to be like their fathers. Maybe that's why so many mothers cry at weddings! - Jenny Éclair
2_ Groom speech
3_ Sonnet 116 : William Shakespeare
4- The Prophet : Kahlil Gibran
5_ Fidelity : D.H. Lawrence
The end of credit , there is some quotes about love , such as :
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart. Helen Keller, The Story of My Life (1905) , but i pick first line as described the beauty of wedding as best and beautiful things .
Love works magic.
It is the final purpose
Of the world story,
The Amen of the universe.
Novalis, in Blüthenstaub-Fragmente 1798
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