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The Wedding March by Felix Mendelssohn is played at the marriage of Queen Victoria's daughter, Victoria, and Friedrich of Prussia, and becomes a popular wedding processional.
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Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Composition by Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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German composer (1809–1847)
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German Empress in 1888
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Frederick III, German Emperor
German Emperor in 1888
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Wedding music
Musical compositions intended for performance at marriage ceremonies
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