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A 'wedding march' is a piece of music played during a wedding, usually during the entrance of the bride (processional) or the departure of the married couple at the end (recessional).

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Famous wedding marches

Famous wedding marches

The traditional processional at Western weddings is the Bridal Chorus from Richard Wagner's ''Lohengrin'', while a traditional recessional is the Wedding March from Felix Mendelssohn's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
It is ironic to note that while their musical works are often paired today, Mendelssohn, a Jewish composer, was a target of Wagner's anti-Semitic essay ''Das Judenthum in der Musik''.