Bridal Chorus
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The "Bridal Chorus" from the 1850 opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner, who also wrote the libretto, is a march now played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the
Richard Wagner in Paris, 1861
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
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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 to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of
Bridal Chorus
…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". Wagner’s piece was made popular when it was used as the processional at the wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of…
Mendelssohn's autograph arrangement of the Wedding March for piano (British Library collection)
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