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Solo violin  sound samples of traditional processionals and recessionals have been added below to help plan your ceremony music.  These samples were recorded by Dorothy Barth directly into the computer.

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Below are 20 processionals and 17  recessionals played on solo violin and recorded directly into the computer. Enjoy sampling the variety of options available for your ceremony music. 
For the most traditional ceremony music choices,  just look for these icons:

Traditional Bridal   Bridesmaids' favorites

Tips for a Smooth, Stately, and Stunning Wedding Processional

Note to musicians visiting this site:  I often receive inquiries from musicians asking for sources of wedding sheet music for violin. My library is large because collecting sheet music has been a lifetime passion. Whether you are beginning to build your library or seek to expand it, Sheet Music Plus is a great source. This page includes a general link to their website as well as specific links to available wedding sheet music for violin and violin in combination with other instruments such as violin and keyboard and string quartet

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Wedding Processionals: The timing of your processional will depend upon such factors as length of the aisle, how slowly you walk,  and the number of bridesmaids. Processionals which take longer to unfold (such as the Pachelbel Canon) are most effective  if you have a long aisle or have several  bridesmaids. 

Air from the Water Music (Handel)
Allegro  Maestoso (Handel)
All in a Garden Green (Old English)

Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin (Wagner) 
Canon in D (Pachelbel)  
Dodi Li (N. Chen)  (Jewish Traditional)
Erev Ba (Jewish Traditional)
Erev Shel Shoshanim ("Evening of Roses") 
(Jewish Traditional)

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Bach) 
King's March (Clarke)

Lev Tahor  (Jewish Traditional)
March of the Priests  (from the Magic Flute) (Mozart)
Princess Royal (Celtic)
Processional from the Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)
Processional from St. Anthony's Chorale (Haydn)
Promenade (Mussorgsky)
Rigadoon (Purcell)
Rondeau (Theme from Masterpiece Theater) (Mouret)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke/Purcell)

 

Wedding Recessionals:  Recessionals are played from start to finish, and perhaps more than once as the entire wedding party and guests exit. The recessional music will then transition to the postlude music. Sample recessionals are presented below to help you plan your ceremony. 
The most traditional recessional is noted with the icon.
Alla Hornpipe from Water Music Suite (Handel)
Allegro (Boyce)
NEW Allegro Giocoso (LaVigne)

Autumn (first movement theme) (Vivaldi)
Badinerie (from Suite No. 2 in B minor) Bach
Chossn Kalah Mazel Tov (Jewish Traditional)
Danza Pastorale from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi)
Gavotte  from the Third English Suite (Bach)
Gavotte  from the Sixth English Suite (Bach)
March (Handel)
Ode to Joy (Beethoven)
Rejoicing from the Royal Fireworks Music (Handel) 
Rondeau from Incidental Music to Abdelazer (Purcell)
Siman Tov (Jewish Traditional)
Spring (first movement theme) (Vivaldi)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell) 

Wedding March  from a Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) 
Wedding Music for the Prelude, Meditation, Communion, or Candlelighting
The Prelude music, performed while your guests arrive,  includes 30 minutes of repertory,  generally from the Baroque, Classical, and 19th century Romantic eras. For the Prelude, Dorothy presents an artful mix of contemplative and elegantly upbeat selections. 

For the optional meditation or candle lighting, an abbreviated version of one  of the  more lyrical compositions is ideal.
 
There is no need to select specific prelude music. Dorothy knows what music transitions well to the next selection and will keep in mind the bride and groom's musical tastes when selecting traditional prelude music or, in case of theme weddings, music from the Celtic or Renaissance repertory. Below is a partial list of repertory available for traditional preludes.
NEW To give you an idea what some of this music sounds like, samples will be added  in 2008 for your enjoyment. 
  

Adagio (Senaille) 
Air from the Third Orchestral Suite (Bach)
Album Leaf (Grieg)
Allegro Spirituoso (Senaille)
Andante (Diabelli)
Andante (Gluck)
Andante from the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto (Bach)
Andantino (Kreisler)
Aria from Cantata 208 (Bach)
Aria (Uccellini)
Arioso (Scarlatti)
Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Ave Verum (Mozart)
Bist Du Bei Mir (Are You With Me)  (Bach)
Bourrée from the Sixth Violin Sonata (Bach)
By The Sea (Schubert)
Children's Prayer from Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck) 
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Minuet and Romanze (Mozart)
Flower Song (Lange)
Four Seasons themes: Allegro from Autumn; Allegro from Spring; Danze Pastorale from Spring, Largo from Winter  (Vivaldi)
Fruhlingstraum (Spring Dreams) (Schubert)
Gavotte I and II from the Second Orchestral Suite (Bach)
Gavotte II from the First Orchestral Suite (Bach)
Gigue from the Third Orchestral Suite (Bach)
Greensleeves (English Traditional)
Hymne (Vangelis)
Liebestraum (Liszt)
Madrigal (Ortiz)
Minuet II from the First French Suite (Bach)
Minuet I from the Fourth English Suite (Bach)
Minuet in A (Boccherini)
Moment Musicale (Schubert)
Morning Has Broken (Traditional)
Ode to Joy (slow version) (Beethoven)
O Perfect Love (Barnby)
O Promise Me (Dekoven)
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
Preludio from the Second Cello Suite (Bach)
Rondo in D (Mozart)
Romantic Piece (Dvorak)
Romanze in F (Busch)
Romance (Rubinstein)
Romance (Sitt)
Salute d'Amour (Elgar)
Sarabande from the Second English Suite (Bach)
Sarabande from the First French Suite (Bach)
Sarabande (Bohm)
Sarabande (Corelli)
Siciliano (Kreisler)
Serenade (Gounod)
Serenade (Schubert)
Simple Aveu (Thome)
Simple Gifts (American Shaker)
Sinfonia (from Cantata No. 156)
Song Without Words (Mendelssohn)
Spring Song (Mendelssohn)
Sunrise, Sunset (Bock)
The Bells (Rebel)
The Flower (Hauser)
The Lord's Prayer
The Peace from Royal Fireworks Music (Handel)
The Swan (Saint-Saens)
Theme from Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
Traumerei (Schumann)
True Love (Grieg)
You are My Peace (Schubert)

 

Violin Sonatas: The Ultimate Collection (Version 2.0) - sheet music at www.sheetmusicplus.com Violin Sonatas: The Ultimate Collection (Version 2.0) By Various. CD Sheet Music (Version 2.0). CD-ROM only. 8 pages. Published by CD Sheet Music. (220548)
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Also available:  Folk songs and nostalgic ballads 
Celtic Music: Slow airs, gigues, reels, and strathspeys
Cocktail Hour:  Light classics, waltzes, jazz, romantic ballads, fiddle tunes, and gypsy music.
 
Dorothy Barth's Own Sheet Music Arrangements for Two Instruments

For the bride and grooming in search of  unique and haunting sheet music for Renaissance, Medieval, Celtic, or Garden weddings, Dorothy Barth's own wonderful new collection of Playford arrangements is now available as sheet music:

Playford Promenade: Music for Grand Occasions

Dorothy Barth's beautiful new anthology of Irish sheet music duo arrangements from O'Neills Music of Ireland is now available.

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