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Suggested listening: In Gabriels's Garden. Wynton Marsalis, trumpet,
with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Newman.
Sony Records, SK 66 244. This CD includes Rondeau by Jean-Joseph
Mouret, The Prince of Denmark's March (sometimes known as Trumpet
Voluntary) by Jeremiah Clarke, Prelude from Te Deum by Marc-Antoine
Charpentier, and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2.
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For a list of music appropriate for weddings, visit our Wedding
Music page.
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Mouret's Rondeau and Charpentier's Te Deum are both in Rondo
form. The standard rondo has 5 sections: ABACA. The A section
is the principal theme, and is alternated with subsidiary sections (B &
C). The French rondeau of the Baroque period led to the rondo
form of the Classical period. Rondo is an Italian word, and is really the
same thing as a French rondeau. I hope this isn't too confusing...
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Voluntary: An English organ piece performed or improvised before,
during or after an Anglican church service. The word "Voluntary"
can mean "growing wild or naturally; of spontaneous growth", and it is
from this definition that we get its musical meaning.
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Some prominent composers of Voluntaries:
Jeremiah Clarke c.1674-1707
William Croft 1678-1727
Thomas Roseingrave 1688-1766
Maurice Greene 1696-1755
William Boyce 1711-79
John Stanley 1712-86
John Bennett 1725-84
Samuel Wesley 1766-1837
Thomas Adams 1785-1858
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