Recommendations for wedding pieces

[bluestocking]

Hi all

Comments

[ayeshadream]

Have you looked at the free coral music website? It has music you can search by timeframe, composer, country, etc.

http://www.choralwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

[bluestocking]

Excellent - thank you!

[dagonell]

I'd go with Mary Mac, an Irish Traditional.
lyrics at: http://www-cs.canisius.edu/~salley/Bard.book/mary.mac.html
-- Dagonell

[braider]

....I'm thinking that one has a copyright from the mid-1900s. (Could be wrong; it may be that Makem just sang it rather than writing it.)

There's a madrigal that you could chop down into a single line of song -

http://artsongcentral.com/2007/dowland-come-again-sweet-love-doth-now-invite/

It's later than medieval, but...well, frankly, there isn't that much music we have from the medieval period that isn't church music. The only one I can think of is Sumer is a'coomin' in.

[bluestocking]

Thanks for the tips! Much appreciated.

[bluestocking]

Mary Mac is a bit...snarker...than I'm looking for, but thanks. :-)

[siobhan1214]

Okay, I know this was first played in the 1930s but it's lots of fun.

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/6338/mairiwed.html

You could sing "Suzy's wedding"

The Branslers website has the music.

[bluestocking]

*grin* Good tip! Thank you!

[kateryndraper]

"All In a Garden Green" is a very romantic period song (and possibly the only one in my repertoire in which no one dies at the end :-) )

It comes from William Ballet's Lute book, 1594, and has the same tune as "Gathering Peascods." Here are some lyrics I found on-line:

http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/playford/lyric1.html

I know a slightly different version; the last two verses are as follows:

She listed to his song, And heard it with a smile,
And innocent as she was young She dreamed not, dreamed not of guile.
No guile he meant, I ween, For he was true as steel,
As was thereafter seen As was therafter seen,
When she made him her weal.

Full soon both two were wed, And these most faithful lovers
May serve at board, at bed, Examples to all others.

[bluestocking]

Lovely! I think this one is a win.

Thank you so much!

[katrin_rambles]

I looked through my collection to see what I could offer...

Drink to me only with Thine Eyes

Drink to me only with thine eyes,
And I would pledge with mine
Or leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not look for wine.
The thirst that from my soul doth keep
I ask a drink divine
But might I of Jove’s nectar sip,
I would not change for thine

I sent the late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honoring thee.
As giving it the hope that there,
It would not withered be.
And thou there on, didst only breathe
And sent it back to me
And since then it grows and smells I swear,
Not of itself but thee.

Mairi's WeddingJohnny Bannerman

[bluestocking]

Interesting! I didn't know there were more verses to Rose, Rose.

Thanks for sharing!