“…till death do you part?”
“I do.”
“You may bang the bride.”
—bow chicka bow bow—
How coincidental. I was listening to Lohengrin just the other day and wondered if there was any ubiquitously used music for the wedding march prior to the mid-1800s (i.e. – prior to Lohengrin).
I probably should open a new thread for this, but hey, maybe someone who’s monitoring this thread can supply a simple answer.
Why, Chopin’s Funeral Etude, of course!
The first four notes of which have the same rhythm as the first four notes of the Lohengrin wedding march.
In elementary school, I read a Junie B. Jones book with that song in it.
The lyrics in the book were:
Here comes the bride,
All dressed in white,
Her name is Clyde,
And she reads TV Guide.
It’s here comes the bride
So fat and wide
Tear down the church doors
To Get her inside
Here comes the groom
Into the room
While his mother-in-law
Rides in on her broom
The version I was taught by my aunt doesn’t mention ushers, but does bring in the possibility of bastardy:
Here comes the bride
All dressed in white
Here comes the groom
As skinny as a broom
Here comes the baby
Pants full of gravy
Are you thinking perhaps of the graveyard march in Chopin’s Bflat minor (“Funeral March”) Sonata?
I’ll top that with the slow movement in Beethoven’s Third (“Eroica”) Symphony.
I never thought of the connections before. All three clearly are marches…