Prelude Wedding Songs

Prelude wedding songs are played while your guests arrive and are used to establish the mood for your wedding ceremony. You do not want your guests to arrive and sit in silence!

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The following is a listing of some of the most popular prelude songs:

Religious Prelude Wedding Songs

2. God is My Shepherd - Antonio Dvorak

3. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bach

4. Largo (from Xerxes) - George Friedrich Handel

5. Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6. Praise to the Lord - Johann G. Walther

7. Benediction Nuptiale - Johann Sebastian Bach

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Traditional/Classical Prelude Wedding Songs

2. The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi

3. Awake My Heart With Gladness - Flor Peeters

4. Largo (from Xerxes) - George Frederic Handel

5. Violin Concerto #8 - Antonio Vivaldi

6. Serenade - Franz Schubert

7. Moonlight Sonata - Ludwig van Beethoven

8. Rondo - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9. Perfect Love - Sir. Joseph Barnby

10. Air on the G String - Johann Sebastian Bach

11. Allegro from Brandenberg Concerto #4 in G - Johann Sebastian Bach

12. Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9, No. 2 - Frederic Chopin

13. Sheep May Safely Graze - Johann Sebastian Bach

14. Sonata in E Flat - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

15. Romance, Op. 4, No. 1 - Anton Rubenstein

16. A Rose is Gently Blooming - Johannes Brahms

17. Rhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin

18. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun - Claude Debussy

Contemporary Prelude Songs

2. The Wedding Song ("There Is Love") - Paul Stookey

3. Truly - Lionel Richie

4. As Time Goes By - Tony Bennett

5. One Hand, One Heart (from West Side Story) - Sondheim/Bernstein)

6. Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

7. So This Is Love (from Cinderella) - David, Hoffman, and Livingston

8. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys

9. All I Ask Of You (from Phantom of the Opera) - Andrew Lloyd Webber

10. Longer - Dan Fogelberg

11. Waltz (from Sleeping Beauty) - Tchaikovsky

12. Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler




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