Traditional Wedding Music

One thing nice about traditional wedding music: It's always "in"! Even bridal couples that choose a more contemporary style for their wedding often include some traditional songs as well.

Tip: Sometimes, when people hear the phrase traditional wedding music, they automatically assume that means only classical/classical-type music. As the saying goes, "it ain't necessarily so"! Indeed, it also includes songs belonging to other musical genres. (There is, by the way, contemporary classical music.)

For example, "One Hand, One Heart" from the musical West Side Story is not classical music, but over the years it has been a part of so many weddings, that at some point along the way it became a traditional wedding song. Other examples include "Sunrise, Sunset" from Fiddler On The Roof, and, from the 1980s, "All I Ask Of You" from Phantom Of The Opera. Again, those songs are not classical music, but their inclusion in so many weddings has made them a wedding tradition nonetheless.

With the above in mind, the following lists include songs from various musical styles that, for one reason or another, are considered to be traditional wedding music.

Clicking on a song title will take you to the web page that deals with whatever category that particular song belongs to. For example, clicking on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will take you to the web page about wedding processionals. The reason for this is so you will be given other possibilities for songs that are in that same category. You can then link to a song sample from that

Traditional CLASSICAL Music & Traditional Hymns

• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Air (from Handel's Water Music)
• Air On A G String
• All Creatures Of Our God And King
• All Things Bright And Beautiful
• Amazing Grace
• Arabesque
• Arioso
• Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
• Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
• Ave Maria (Schubert)
• Be Thou My Vision
• Be Thou With Me
• Blest Be The Tie That Binds
• Canon In D
• Clair De Lune
• Crown Imperial
• Entreat Me Not To Leave Thee
• Fur Elise
• God Of Our Life
• Greensleeves
• Gymnopedie No. 1
• Hallelujah Chorus
• Help Us To Help Each Other
• Hornpipe (Allegro Maestoso)
• Humoresque
• Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
• Jesus, Joy Of Our Desiring
• Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
• La Rejouissance
• Largo (Ombra Mai Fu)
• Liebestraume: Love Song No. 3 (Dream Of Love)
• Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
• May The Grace Of Christ Our Savior
• Meditation (from Thais)
• Melody In F
• Minuet (from The Royal Fireworks)
• Moonlight Sonata: Adagio
• Nocturne
• Now Thank We All Our God
• O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
• O Master Let Me Walk With Thee
• O Mio Babbino Caro
• O Perfect Love
• Ode To Joy (Symphony No. 9)
• On Wings Of Song
• Panis Angelicus
• Pastoral Symphony (from The Messiah)
• Pathetique Sonata, Adagio
• Praise To The Lord, The Almighty
• Priere A Notre Dame
• Rigaudon
• Rondeau (from Masterpiece Theater
• Salut D'Amour
• Savior, Like A Shepherd Lead Us
• Sheep May Safely Graze
• Sleepers, Awake
• St. Anthony's Chorale
• Swan Lake
• Te Deum: Prelude
• The Maid With The Flaxen Hair
• The Swan
• To A Wild Rose
• Toccata (Widor)
• Traumerei
• Trumpet Concerto In D
• Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
• Trumpet Voluntary (The Prince Of Denmark's March)
• Variation On A Theme Of Paganini
• Waltz In A Flat
• Wedding Day At Troldhaugen
• Where Charity And Love Prevail
• Whither Thou Goest

• Some Day My Prince Will Come (from Snow White)

• A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes
• At Last
• Love Is A Song
• So This Is Love (The Cinderella Waltz)
• Till The End Of Time
• When You Wish Upon A Star

• Bella Notte
• Devoted To You
• Edelweiss
• From This Moment On
• Hawaiian Wedding Song --actually published in 1926, but popularized in the 50s when the Hawaiian words were translated into English
• I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
• Love Me Tender

Looking for more contemporary or modern songs? Go to Contemporary Wedding Music.