Wedding Music for Organ Thursday, June 22, 2023
recommended by Christopher B., Organ Music Specialist
The Oxford Book of Wedding Music
“The Oxford Book of Wedding Music” is the definitive collection of the most frequently requested organ music for weddings. All organists have their own particular favorites, but this volume brings together the small and select group of pieces that couples choose again and again: music that has stood the test of time, in practical arrangements that are designed to last.
The Complete Classical Wedding Book for Organ
Selected from the instrumental, vocal and orchestral repertoire, this organ collection provides a complete resource of classical music for weddings. The book is comprised of many sacred classics and other joyous and solemn selections appropriate for use at all wedding services. The quiet reflective pieces, intended for use before or during the service, are located in the front of the book followed by some wonderful festive works which may be used a processionals or recessionals.
The Complete Wedding Collection arr. Janet Linker
This all-in-one organ collection contains approximately thirty minutes of prelude music, as well as various processionals and recessionals for wedding ceremonies. A perfect “starter” book for students and young organists! Titles include: “Allegro Maestoso (from Water Music)” (Handel), “Arioso (from Cantata #156)” (Bach), “Bridal Chorus (from Lohengrin)” (Wagner), “Canon In D” (Pachelbel), “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” (Bach), “La Rejouissance (Rejoicing from Music for the Royal Fireworks)” (Handel), “Now Thank We All Our God” (Karg-Elert), “O Perfect Love” (Barnby/Linker), “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” (Walther), “Priere a Notre-Dame (Prayer from Suite Gothique)” (Boellmann), “Processional in G Major” (Stanley), “Psalm 19” (Marcello), “Rigaudon” (Campra), “Rondeau (from Premiere Suite, 1st movement)” (Mouret), “Trumpet Tune” (Clarke), “Trumpet Voluntary” (Clarke), and “Wedding March (from A Midsummer Night’s Dream)” (Mendelssohn).
The Complete Wedding Collection II arr. Janet Linker
Titles include: “Adagio Molto” (Guilmant), “Ave Maria” (Bach/Gounod), “Ave Maria” (Schubert), “Choral Song” (Wesley), “Festive Procession” (Nicholson/Darwall), “Finale Jubilate” (Willan), “Flute Solo” (Arne), “Liebestraum” (Liszt), “March” (Handel), “March In D” (Purcell), “Meditation from Thais” (Massenet), “Now Thank We All Our God” (Bach), “Nun danket alle Gott” (Rembt), “Prayer” (Lemmens), “Te Deum” (Charpentier), and “Trumpet Voluntary in D” (Stanley).
Augsburg Organ Library: Marriage
The Augsburg Organ Library is a multi-volume collection that reflects the twentieth century renewal of the organ and its music. Following the publication of Healing and Funeral, the new Marriage volume completes the organist’s library of music for Life Passages, and offers 40 musical settings for marriage, 17 of these based on hymn tunes.
The Diane Bish Wedding Book arr. Diane Bish
Here’s a classical organ collection with “everything you’ve always wanted to play for a wedding.” These most-often requested pieces are conveniently compiled in one spiral-bound collection, and edited with her suggested registrations. Titles include Mendelssohn’s “Wedding March,” “Trumpet Voluntary,” by Jeremiah Clark, “Arioso in A” by Bach, Wagner’s “Bridal Chorus,” and Handel’s “Water Music.”
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About the Author:
Christopher B. grew up in eastern Kentucky in a musically diverse family, and began playing organ at the age of 12. He majored in vocal performance with minors in keyboards and conducting at Marshall University and later received a Master of Theological Studies in congregational ministry from Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Christopher has served as a church music director and organist for more than 20 years, presently serving as Director of Music and Worship Arts/Organist at Church of the Master United Methodist in Westerville, OH.