Help...wedding music??

i have been asked to play the piano for a friends wedding, im a music student and have performed alot but never done a wedding before, i need help with music for the ceremony!! it is going to be a catholic ceremony in a church, im not very religious and either is my friend (its her finacee's idea for the church) so neither of have a clue as to what music to have! any ideas for the music and where to get it cheaply or free????

Help...wedding music??

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Saint-Saen Organ Concerto
the bridal march. "o promise me" , dylan wrote - "the wedding song", some soft beethoven should be ok- moonlight sonata,fur elise,etc, you light up my life!

DO NOT PLAY- "love stinks!" or "this Masquerade" or "whose bed have your boots been under"- although it could be hilarious- it might spoil the mood
canon in d major
try: The Wedding March from A Midsummers Night Dream, by Mendelssohn

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Wow! wedding songs I can help with, but in a church setting!

Why dont you go to a catholic Church talk to a Sister or one Fathers and asked what proper songs to play that way you dont offend anyone. Since you and your friend are not religious.

Usually in other church setting I've being to they dont play any outside song except hyms, but at the culture hall for the receptions they do. Good luck! Have a wonderful wedding.
go to find out from a catcheist of the Catholic church or else you will disgrace urself.
My list would include

prelude classics...

Canon De Pachelbel

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Other possibilities

Let it be Me ... This is a reworking of a French song recorded in 1955 by Gilbert Becaud called "Je T'Appartiens." best known performers probly the Everly Brothers

The Rose ... by Amanda McBroom, best known performance Bette Midler

Grow Old with Me by John Lennon and performed by him.

Friends by Elton John and Bernie Taupin from the soundtrack.

The sheet music should be fairly easy to obtain.

best,

cez
You absolutely, positively must talk with the priest or designated church lady first. Some churches are very particular about what music is, and is not, allowed. When my sister got married the church (Catholic) would not allow the traditional wedding march (Here Comes the Bride) to be played. I am not sure why, except to say that it is not acceptable religious music. My wife and I also got married in a Catholic church, I honestly do not remember any restrictions on music selections.

Some churches will require the couple to pay the church's designated musician and/or singer, even if the couple hires someone else for the ceremony.
try looking at a hymnal, most have an index which lists out the prupose or setting for each hymn... I LOVE Jesu, joy of man's desiring. It's a beautiful song, plus there is no way you will forget the music because EVERY church I have been to has hymnals... (and they are used for free)
I think some catholic churches are pretty rigid about the music played, they probably have a play list for you to work off of and you can probably find the music in a hymnal that they will surely let you borrow.

Check with the church first before you do anything.
go with anything classical, it just sounds amazing played in a church and I am sure you can pull the music online somewhere. Or grab sheet music from the music store, or borrow it from a friend.
If it's for church ceremony, a love theme music is un-necessary, try more religius theme Baroque-classical: Ave Maria, Pie Jesu, etc. Something from J.S. Bach will do nicely...

Maybe you can find a singer or a solo instrument to play the melody, i would suggest a wood -wind instrument.

But NO Romantic (such as Beethoven) and NO Pop... Unless something like 'You Raise Me Up', it's quite find

Good Luck

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