 wedding music applies to music played at wedding celebrations, including the ceremony and any festivities before or after the event. the music can be performed live by instrumentalists and/or vocalists or may use pre-recorded songs, depending on the format of the event, traditions associated with the prevailing culture and the wishes of the couple being married. ==entry and ceremony==  music can be used to announce the arrival of the participants of the wedding (such as a bride's processional), and in many western cultures, this takes the form of a wedding march. for over 100 years the most popular processional has been the bridal chorus from wagner's lohengrin (1850), often called "here comes the bride", traditionally played on a church organ or by a string quartet. some couples may consider the traditional wedding marches clichÃ©d and choose a more modern piece of music or an alternative such as canon in d by johann pachelbel. since the televised wedding of lady diana to prince charles, there has been an upsurge in popularity of jeremiah clarke's "prince of denmark's march" for use as processional music, a piece that was formerly (and incorrectly) attributed to henry purcell as "trumpet voluntary".dan fox (2007) world's greatest wedding music: 50 of the most requested wedding pieces p.7. alfred music publishing, 2007. retrieved january 4, 2011 lefevre, holly (2010) the everything wedding checklist book: all you need to remember for a day you'll never forget p.127. adams media, 2010 weddings in other cultures vary from this format; for example in egypt there is a specific rhythm called the zaffa. traditionally a belly dancer will lead the bride to the wedding hall, accompanied by musicians playing the elzaff, on drums and trumpets, sometimes the flaming torches. this is of unknown antiquity, and may even be from the pre-islamic era. at jewish weddings, the entrance of the groom is accompanied by a tune called baruch haba. "siman tov" ("good ti
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