Who is doing the "Bridal March"/ "Here Comes the Bride" and who isn't?

I am not using it. I am not sure yet what I am using - I have someone playing the trumpet for me and him and the organist are choosing what we will be using. My organist pointed this out to me and this "sealed the deal" for me (i wasn't planning on doing it but then she told me this and now there is no way - too sad a story.)

Wagner wrote Lohengrin in 1848, but it was ignored until 1850, when Franz Liszt presented the opera at Weimar. The production, which was five hours long, was not seen by Wagner. He was living outside of Germany at the time because he was afraid of being arrested for having engaged in revolutionary activities. He finally attended a production of Lohengrin in Paris in 1861. The "Bridal Chorus" had already been used as the wedding march at its first royal wedding, that of Princess Victoria, the daughter of Queen Victoria, to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858. From then on, the "Bridal Chorus" was a traditional wedding march.

The story of Lohengrin

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The story of Lohengrin is classic. The hero, Lohengrin, arrives in Antwerp in a boat drawn by a swan. He defends Elsa and wins her as his bride, but he makes her promise never to ask him his real name or where he comes from. Encouraged by the heartless Ortrud, she does ask Lohengrin on their wedding night, and he is obligated by his vows to the Grail t

So Lohengrin and Elsa do not live together until "death us do part," but rather quickly separate. Critics have said that the "Bridal Chorus" is one of the weakest parts of this opera.

Wagner, incidentally, had a tendency to put women on pedestals and then knock them off when they didn't live up to his expectations. Today he would be called a male chauvinist for his negative views about equal rights for women. During W.W.II, Wagner's heroic works were so identified with Nazi Germany that his operas were rarely produced by the Allies. Despite this, English-speaking countries retained the "Bridal Chorus" as a wedding march.

I am walking down to the Jonathan Cain version of the Bridal March - This way I get the slightly different feel and FH gets the traditional feel - it's a perfect compromise for us.

I walked down to Yiruma- A river Flows in You

I am using the Bridal March unless I find something else to walk to

Pachabel's Cannon in D. It's one of the few things FS wanted/had an opinion on. I love it. We just agreed on what version yesterday. :-)

I didn't. I never wanted to use that song. I used "moonlight" from New Moon (I think). It was Bella's Lullaby 2.

I have to, church regulations, but I don't mind it

I'm also using Pachelbel's Canon in D. Partly because I think it's so beautiful, but mostly because it's my cousin's favorite song and I know that it will make her cry. In a good way.

If I could I'd have Desiree's "I'm Kissing you"

Not me ... I will be going down the isle to "Angels brought me here"

I did .... all of our music was by acoustic guitar.

The parents/gparents walked into Somewhere over the Rainbow

The bridal party walked into Canon in D

And my dad and I walked to the Wedding march ....

No!!

I used the bridal march. I wanted a very traditional wedding.

We didn't - my DS thought it would be nice to have a song that fit our personalities. I chose Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle, since it would have been the song for my dad and I to dance to but he passed away 2 years ago, I thought it would be a nice tribute.

I was VERY opposed to doing it but FH wants it. I found a version by Jonathan Caine on his official site that is GORGEOUS and traditional without being traditional. I really love it. Anyone who is looking for a non traditional traditional song should definitely look at this!

I am processing in with "At Last". My daughter is singing it. When I met the FH 8 1/2 years ago, my then 16 year old daughter told me that FH was like a little bit of the few men I dated, including the ex. She saw how we interacted and said if we ever married, she would sing it....well...!

We didn't. Wagner is considered inappropriate for Jewish weddings, as he was the official musician of the Third Reich. Instead, we used this:

Definitely not. It just isn't me.

I'm either walking down to Tale As Old As Time played on the harp, or a song from Phantom of the Opera. I haven't decided which song yet. I love too many! It would just be soft instrumental though...