Abstract
Garrido and Davidson here consider the domination of church music in weddings across the last 500 years of Western culture, along with examples from non-Western cultures. Modern day examples depict changing attitudes towards marriage. However, commercial influences and the growing reach of the media have helped maintain an interest in wedding ‘traditions’, albeit relatively new ones. Thus, as weddings become more about personal expression for the couple involved, for many they have simultaneously become about mirroring the lives of celebrities.
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Track 78: Here Comes the Bride, Wagner, Czech Philharmonic.
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Track 79: Wedding March, Mendelssohn, Gewandhausorchester.
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Track 80: Wedding Cantata, J.S. Bach, Musica Antiqua New York.
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Track 81: Ya salio de la mar, la galena, Ofri Eliaz.
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Track 82: At Last, Etta James.
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Scores could range from 1 to 5 and a score of 3 would represent a neutral score.
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Significant at p < 0.05.
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Names have been changed.
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Garrido, S., Davidson, J.W. (2019). Weddings. In: Music, Nostalgia and Memory. Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02556-4_11
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