Brief introduction of wedding March
There are two well-known "Wedding March", written by Mendelssohn and Wagner. Mendelssohn's Wedding March is the soundtrack of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The music begins with a loud trumpet sound, then enters a solemn musical March, followed by a more relaxed and lively March, repeated twice, mixed with the elegant sound of woodwind instruments, and gradually fades away. Newcomers only play the beginning when they enter the stadium, and the tunes are solemn and dignified, with high momentum. Generally, it is often selected as the song of the bride and groom when they enter the church wedding.
Wagner's wedding March is more commonly used in non-church weddings. This is a mixed chorus in the third act of Wagner's opera "Lohengreen", which is adapted into orchestral music and becomes today's "Wedding March". This piece of music is beautiful, slow, solemn and lyrical, which is very suitable for newcomers to enter the venue.
Newcomers who can't give up these two songs at the same time often use Wagner's as the entrance song and Mendelssohn's as the exit song.
The course of the famous song "Wedding March"
Wagner's Wedding March was originally a mixed-voice four-part chorus in the three-act legendary opera lohengrin. The outline of lohengrin is like this:
In the sky? Holy forest kingdom? There is a warrior named Luo Henglin in the movie. He guards the Holy Grail. One day, when he saw that injustice had happened in the world, he came to this world, defeated the sinister usurper Frederick, and rescued Princess Elsa who was injured by mistake. Prince Elsa's younger brother was turned into a swan by witchcraft and returned to human form. Elsa didn't know that lohengrin was a god. She fell in love with this brave young soldier. Lohengrin also fell in love with Elsa and promised to marry her, but on one condition, Elsa was never allowed to inquire about her name and origin. On the wedding night, the kind and simple Elsa was provoked by the bad guys and asked the wrong questions. Because the oath was broken, Lohengreen had to say goodbye to her regretfully and go back? Holy forest kingdom? Went to the room.
In the opera "Lohengreen", there are two wedding music. One is the celebration music "Go to Mü nster" when Lohengreen and Elsa go to church for their wedding in the second act. The other is the mixed chorus of the ladies leading the newlyweds into the new house at the beginning of the first scene of the third act. But the latter song is much more popular than the previous one. Usually people refer to Wagner's Wedding March, which refers to the latter. Its melody is beautiful, slow, solemn and lyrical.
From 65438 to 0843, Shakespeare's famous comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream will be staged in Potsdam and Berlin. The director of the performance asked Mendelssohn to write some music for the play. He wrote 12 for the play. He took the original overture as the overture of the play intact. Total drama 13 paragraph. Other jokes also include chorus and solo. In the score of 12, the wedding March in the fifth act is quite wonderful. ? This "Wedding March". Written in a complex trilogy, C major, 4/4 beat, the first theme begins with a brilliant horn, which leads to a warm and grand melody; The second theme still maintains a warm atmosphere; The alto melody is soft and sweet, giving people happiness; Finally, the two themes of the first part reappear and come to an end. This "wedding March" has become a worldwide wedding March. It is as famous as the wedding March in Wagner's opera lohengrin, and is often used together at weddings. Music of the couple's wedding; One is to send the couple into the bridal chamber after the wedding as a celebration music. Like some foreign movies, such as the wedding scenes in "The Conquest of Berlin" and "Yesenia", this tune was also chosen.
A Brief Introduction to the Author of Wedding March
Jacob. Ludwig? Felix? Mendelssohn? Bartholdi (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn) 1809 was born in a Jewish family in Hamburg on February 3rd. Grandfather was a philosopher Moses? Moses and his father Abraham were both successful bankers, and Felix grew up in a pampered and educated environment. His mother Leah is a pianist, and her mother taught him his first piano lesson. Sister Fanny? Kathiri (1805? 1847) is a creative player in piano and composition, and also a precious friend of Felix.