The Wedding Album is a collection of four beautiful and timeless wedding favourites, arranged for Solo Horn in F with Piano accompaniment. Whether for that Special Day, for a recital, or for your own entertainment, these arrangements are ideal for players at an intermediate level or higher. The 24-page file includes the piano accompaniments and the separate solo parts at the end.

Ave Maria was written by Franz Schubert in 1825 as the sixth song in his song cycle based on Walter Scott?s poem The Lady of the Lake. It is perhaps the best known of all his melodies, adapted for piano by Franz Liszt, and for orchestra many times since. It is often sung with the Latin lyrics of the Catholic hymn of the same name and has been heard everywhere from the Disney movie Fantasia to the funeral of J.F. Kennedy.

The Bridal March was written by Richard Wagner in 1850, scored for orchestra and chorus, and opening the third act of his opera, Lohingren. It is best known in the English-speaking world as ?Here Comes the Bride?. Queen Victoria?s daughter used the music for her marriage in 1858, and its popularity has endured ever since.

The Prince of Denmark?s March is better known nowadays as the Trumpet Voluntary and is often used in wedding ceremonies. It was in fact written for organ, with the melody played on the?trumpet stop?. Written around 1700, for many years this piece was mistakenly attributed to Henry Purcell. Only recently has it been established that the composer was Jeremiah Clarke, organist at St Paul?s Cathedral. It is somewhat ironic that this composer of a wedding mainstay was himself a victim of unrequited love. He consequently shot himself in the cathedral graveyard.

Felix Mendelssohn?s Wedding March was originally written in 1842 as incidental music to Shakespeare?s famousplay, Midsummer Night?s Dream. When Queen Victoria?s daughter used the music for her marriage in 1858, it became instantly popular and has remained a wedding favourite ever since.

This collection of intermediate piano solos includes 20 arrangements of favorite classical pieces frequently used for weddings. All the songs in this collection are well-suited for processionals and recessionals of the ceremony participants (bride, groom, bridesmaids, groomsmen, parents/family, flower girl, Bible boy, ring bearer, etc.). Several of these songs can also be used as part of the prelude, as interludes during candle-lighting, or as background music for a reception.

These arrangements were created to make challenging classical music more accessible for the intermediate player or easier to sight-read by more advanced players (comes in handy when asked to perform on short notice). Another feature of these arrangements is they are consistent at the intermediate to advanced-intermediate skill level throughout each piece. Many have been simplified and only include excerpts from the longer original movements. Other simplified characteristics include easier key signatures, timings, and fingerings and some melodies were modified to create a more contemporary sound.

Each of the 20 arrangements is also available separately with accompanying preview pages and audio samples.

Titles in this collection include:
Air from ?The Water Music? (George Frideric Handel)
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from ?Solomon? (George Frideric Handel)
Bridal Chorus from ?Lohengrin? (Richard Wagner)
Clair de Lune from ?Suite Bergamasque? (Claude Debussy)
Fanfare (Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens)
Für Elise (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Grand Processional from ?Symphony No. 1? (Johannes Brahms)
Hornpipe with Bourrée from ?The Water Music? (George Frideric Handel)
Jesu, Joy of Man?s Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Largo from ?Xerxes? (George Frideric Handel)
Lascia Ch?io Pianga from ?Rinaldo? (George Frideric Handel)
Prelude No. 1 in C Major (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Rondeau from ?Theme from Masterpiece Theater? (Jean Joseph Mouret)
Serenade from ?Swan Song? (Franz Schubert)
Sleepers, Awake from ?Cantata No. 140? (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Spring from ?The Four Seasons? (Antonio Vivaldi)
St. Anthony Chorale from ?Variations on a Theme of Haydn? (Johannes Brahms)
Trumpet Tune (Jeremiah Clarke)
Trumpet Voluntary (Jeremiah Clarke)
Wedding March from ?A Midsummer Night?s Dream? (Felix Mendelssohn)