Musical resources for wedding services

Listed here are suggested hymns, songs and other music for weddings ceremonies in church, with sources. Please refer to the coding and abbreviations at the end of the list for explanation of the listings.

Hymns and songs

(Many general hymns of praise are also suitable for weddings.)
AMNS As man and woman we were made At Canas wedding, long ago (DNTG 21) Come down, O Love divine Crown with love, Lord, this glad day Faith, hope and love Fill your hearts with joy and gladness Give me joy in my heart, keep me praising God beyond glory God, in the planning and purpose God is love (Here in Christ we gather) God is love, let heaven adore him God of mercy, God of grace God of tender mercy Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost/Holy Spirit, gracious guest Great God, we praise your mighty love Great is thy faithfulness Happy are they, they that love God Happy the home that welcomes you In heavenly love abiding Jesus, Lord, we pray Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our lives Jesus, the Lord of love and life Let there be love shared among us Lets praise the Creator Lord and lover of creation Lord, for the years Lord, hear us as we pray (DNTG 22) Lord Jesus Christ, invited guest and saviour Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us Lord, make us servants of your peace Lord of all hopefulness 2010 Royal School of Church Music CAHON CFE CH4 700 489 CH5 CP 341 175 H&P 364 281 HTC L MP NEH R&S 466 294 SG SOF SP 131 TS

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AMNS Lord of all loving Lord of creation, giver of gladness Love divine, all loves excelling Love is his word Love is the touch of intangible joy Make me a channel of your peace Maker of all, whose word is life May God bless you, hold and keep you May the God of peace go with us May the grace of Christ our Saviour Not for tongues of heavens angels (DNTG 20) Now thank we all our God O God, whose loving hand O perfect Love, all human thought transcending O praise ye the Lord/Sing praise to the Lord O worship the King all glorious above On this day of happiness Praise, my soul, the King of heaven Praise the Lord, ye heavens adore him Put peace into each others hands Surprised by joy no song can tell Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord The grace of life is theirs The King of love my shepherd is The Lords my shepherd The Lords my shepherd (Townend) The love of God comes close Through all the changing scenes of life To God be the glory! We come, dear Lord, to celebrate When I needed a neighbour When love is found Where love and loving-kindness dwell Wherever you go I will go Your love, O God

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Choral anthems and vocal music

Title
UNISON/TWO PART/ HIGH VOICES A Gaelic Blessing A new commandment A Wedding Blessing/A Hymn to Love Alleluia of the Angels Be known to us, Lord Jesus Because the Lord is my shepherd Brother James Air Faith, hope and love (Ubi caritas verses) Faith, hope and love Faith, hope and love (Ubi caritas verses) Gathered in the love of Christ God is love How blest are they that fear the Lord I give you a new commandment I will sing a song of love In the heart where love is abiding Love divine Love is Gods only law Love one another Love will find out the way Not for tongues of heavens angels O blessed are those who fear the Lord O God, whose loving hand On Love Psalm 23 Psalm 23 Rest your love Set me as a seal Song of Ruth The Fathers Love The Lord bless you and keep you The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd The Servant Song Ubi caritas When I needed a neighbour When I needed a neighbour Where there is love
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Composer
Rutter Archer Brown Walker Bonighton Walker Bain arr Archer Dean Pachelbel arr Ogden Walker Pachelbel arr Haugen Plainsong Oliver Aston Bell Plainsong arr Barnard Goodall Moore S.S.Wesley Goodall Cutts arr Iliff Inwood Self MacMillan How Mawby Ogden Walker Ogden Lole Rutter Kelly Schubert Gillard arr Ogden Lole Carter arr Barnard Carter arr Burt Haas

Voices
SSA/U SS SS U/2 part + cantor# SS cong U/SAB# U + descant U/SATB# 2 part U/SATB + descant# U/2 part# U 2 part 2 part U U SSAA U 2 part 2 part SATB/U U 2 part U U/SSS U U 2 part 2 part SS 2 part S SSAA 2 part SS 2 part 2 part U#

E/M/D Book source

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Single sheet publisher

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THREE / FOUR PARTS A Gaelic Blessing A new commandment A Wedding Prayer Arise, my love As the apple tree As truly as God is our Father Beloved, let us love Blessed be the God and Father Crown my heart Fire of love Gaelic Blessing God be in my head God be in my head Greater love Here comes the bride! How do I love thee I beheld her, beautiful as a dove I give to you a new commandment I give you a new commandment I sat down under his shadow If ye love me In faith, in hope In the heart where love is abiding Irish Blessing Jesus, stand among us Love Love bade me welcome Love divine Love divine Love divine Love from God Love of love Many waters cannot quench love My love be ours My beloved is mine My beloved spake My beloved spake My eyes for beauty pine My lovely one
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Rutter Parshall Roe Martinson R.Walker Mathias Aston S.S.Wesley Whitbourn Rizza Rutter Carter Rutter Ireland Wagner arr Barry Moore Willan Nardone Shepherd Bairstow Tallis Walker Barnard Chilcott Kendrick arr Tambling Chilcott Seivewright Ledger Lloyd Willcocks Lole P.Moore Bell Dean Lole Purcell Hadley Howells Finzi

SATB SATB unacc SATB unacc SATB unacc SATB SATB SATB unacc SATB SATB SATB + solo S, T/B# SATB SATB SATB unacc SATB SATB SATB SATB unacc SATB TTBB unacc SATB unacc SATB unacc SATB# SATB SATB/SSA SATB SATB + solo S&T unacc SATB SATB SAMen SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB + descant# SATB unacc SATB SATB SATB SATB

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RSCM WFC NAB3 WFC ETAS NCAB, FAB1, SC FOLO ACA FSB7, JRA, NCAB, WFC AC4 WFC WFC WFC SBS1 NSAC2 FAB1, TA, NCAB, NOEAB, NSAC1, OBTA; SL (AATB) IFIH AWTE, BC, SBSE OBFA, BCA WSCC1 WFC Banks Dean SWP NOEAB Encore Encore GIA OCP Encore Novello Curwen OUP B&H
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O perfect love O voice of the beloved! Set me as a seal Set me as a seal Song of Ruth The Lord bless thee and keep thee The Lord bless you and keep you The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my shepherd They are happy This marriage Though I speak with the tongues of men Thy perfect love Ubi caritas Ubi caritas Ubi caritas Wedding Canticle FIVE OR MORE PARTS Blessing Christs Love Song Come to the wedding Deep peace God be in my head God be in my head God be in my head hope, faith, life, love (from Three Songs of Faith) Love one another Now abideth faith, hope and love Song (I gaze upon you) Surge propera amica mea Ubi caritas Ubi caritas (from Four Motets) Ubi caritas Walk softly When I needed a neighbour
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Barnby Ives Bertalot Walton Ogden Mawby Rutter Berkeley Carter Chilcott Goodall Rutter Stanford Joubert Whitacre Bairstow Rutter Hurd Ives Mawby Rutter Allwood Allain Whitbourn Carter Lloyd Radcliffe Wilby Whitacre Carter Howells G.Jackson Guerrero Berkeley Durufl Lauridsen Chilcott Carter arr Rose

SATB SATB SATB unacc SATB unacc SATB SATB unacc SATB SATB SATB SAMen SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB SATB# SATB unacc SATB SATB + flute, guitar/piano SATBB unacc SSS + SSATB + SSATB SSATBB + solo T unacc SSATB SATTB unacc SSAATTBB unacc SSATB SSAATTBB unacc SSAATTBB SSATBB SSAATTBB unacc SSAATB unacc SSATB unacc SAATTBB unacc SSAATTBB unacc SAATBB SATB + SATB

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MTH1 SBS2 TNA AC4, WFC TNA EAC1, JRA, WFC; OBFA (SAMen) MTP ACA OBFA

RSCM OUP WLP OUP Chester OUP Faber OUP Novello Novello Hal Leonard/Music Sales OUP OUP OCP RSCM Mayhew OUP

MTP NNAB ECW NCAB, WFC NOEAB MUC SC

NSAC2 Novello Encore OUP Encore OUP Walton OUP Novello OUP Mapa Mundi Chester Durand Faber OUP

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Music from Taiz

God can only give faithful love (Psalm 103) TSFP There can be no greater love (Psalm 145) TSFP Tui amoris ignem TSFP Ubi caritas Deus ibi est TSFP

Organ music
Traditional wedding pieces and numerous arrangements of popular classics are available in anthologies such as: The Essential Book of Wedding Music (Mayhew; also available in manuals-only edition) Incidental Music for Weddings (Ramsey) Music for the Bride (Mayhew) Organists Wedding Album (2 volumes, Cramer) The Organ Wedding Album (Brenreiter) The Oxford Book of Wedding Music (OUP, also available in manuals-only edition) Wedding Album (Novello, also available in manuals-only edition) Wedding Album (Fentone) Wedding Bouquet (Novello) Wedding Music (Kalmus) Festive music for organ and trumpet is available in The Classical Wedding (Hope) and Wedding Music for Trumpet and Organ (Mayhew, also available in manuals-only edition) ADDITIONAL SUGGESTIONS BEFORE OR DURING THE SIGNING OF THE REGISTER Callahan Partita on Slane Guilmant Verset in F Op.19 No.5 Haydn Eight Pieces for Musical Clocks Ireland Villanella and/or Menuetto-Impromptu J.C.Kellner Prludium in C Rutter Toccata in Seven Satie Gymnopdie I Stanford Epithalamium, in Six Occasional Preludes Bk.2 Tambling Slane, in 100 Hymn Preludes Walford Davies Interlude in C

(Concordia) In Complete Works Vol.1 (Belwin or from Schott archive) (Novello) In The Organ Works of John Ireland (Novello) In Orgelmusik um J.S.Bach Vol.1 (Breitkopf) In A Second Easy Album (OUP) (MSM) (Stainer & Bell) (Mayhew) (Ramsey)

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Walton Walton Willan

Touch her soft lips, from Henry V Scherzetto, from Three Dances from Richard III Prelude on Slane

In A Walton Organ Album (OUP) In A Walton Organ Album (OUP) (Peters) Voluntaries by Stanley, Greene, Boyce, Wesley and Walond are also suitable. From Royal Fanfares and Interludes (Novello) (Bosworth) (Banks) (Fitzjohn) (OUP) From the Orgelbchlein (Many editions) Also in Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music (OUP) From Messe de Mariage (Leduc) or Wedding Mass (Masters) (Novello) In Wedding Bouquet (Novello), Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music (OUP) From The Practical Organist (Complete Works Vol.5; Belwin) or from Schott archive (Novello, Willemsen) In Canterbury Organ Album (Novello) (Many editions) (Harmonia) (Mayhew) (Egan)

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AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE BRIDE Bliss Fanfares Choveaux March (last 26 bars) from Three Pieces Ives Intrada, in The Modern Organist Saint-Sans Chorale-Fanfare from Third Symphony Walton Crown Imperial (extract from page 3 or 11) RECESSIONAL Bach Chorale Prelude In dir ist Freude BWV 615 Bollmann Minuet Gothique, from Suite Gothique (Many editions) Dubois Elgar Fletcher Guilmant Hollins Hopkins Karg-Elert Lefbure-Wly W.Lloyd Webber Willan Laus Deo Imperial March Festival Toccata Grand choeur triomphale in A Op.47 No.2 A Trumpet Minuet Postlude on Love divine Nun danket alle Gott: Marche triomphale Sortie in E flat Festal March, in Aria Festival, in Two Pieces

E/M M E/M E/M M M E/M M M M M/D M M M M E/M M

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Coding and abbreviations

# E/M/D * (*) AC14 ACA AGP AMNS AOAN ATNJ AWTE BC BCA CAHON CFE CFES CH4 CH5 CP DNTG EAC12 ENA ESM ETAS FAB1 FOLO HG H&P HP HTC IFIH JRA L LMOL MEA MHS MP MTH1/2 MTP indicates a setting suitable for music groups indicates the level of difficulty for an average choir or organist (Easy/Medium/Difficult) indicates organ music for manuals only indicates organ music which has a printed pedal part but which can be played on manuals only Anthems for Choirs (OUP), books 1 and 4: SATB, books 2 and 3: SA Andrew Carter Anthems (OUP), 10 anthems for SATB choirs All Gods People (RSCM), a festival service for young voices on the theme of diversity Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard Edition (Canterbury Press) Anthems Old and New (Mayhew), volume 1: 100 settings for smaller choirs, SAMen At the Name of Jesus (OCP), service music and songs by Christopher Walker Ash Wednesday to Easter for Choirs (OUP), over 50 anthems, mostly SATB, with organ The Bronze Collection (RSCM), 34 songs and anthems at Bronze standard in the Voice for Life scheme Bob Chilcott Anthems (OUP), 10 anthems for SATB choirs Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New (Mayhew 2000, orange cover); numbers in italics are also in Hymns Old and New, New Anglican Edition (Mayhew 1996, green cover) Celebration Hymnal for Everyone (McCrimmon); numbers above 856 from 2005 supplement and 2008 combined edition Celebration Hymnal for Everyone: Supplement (McCrimmon), a supplement to CFE with hymns, psalms and liturgical settings Church Hymnary: Fourth Edition (Canterbury Press; numbers also apply to Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise) Church Hymnal: Fifth Edition (OUP), the latest version of the Church of Irelands hymnbook Common Praise (Canterbury Press) Draw Near to God (Canterbury Press), 30 hymns by Timothy Dudley-Smith for pastoral services English Anthem Collection (RSCM), twentieth century anthems, book 1: SATB, book 2: SA Eleven New Anthems (Mayhew), unison and 2 part anthems European Sacred Music (OUP), 50 motets and anthems, edited by John Rutter Epiphany to All Saints (OUP), 50 anthems and liturgical pieces for SATB choirs from 12th century to present day Favourite Anthem Book (Mayhew), volume 1, SATB Fire of Love (Mayhew), 14 songs and chants by Margaret Rizza Holy Gifts (OCP/St Thomas More), songs and service music by Stephen Dean Hymns & Psalms (Methodist Publishing House) High Praise (Novello), 28 anthems for upper voices, edited by Barry Rose Hymns for Todays Church (Hodder & Stoughton/Jubilate) In Faith, In Hope (OCP), songs and choral pieces by Christopher Walker John Rutter Anthems (OUP), 11 anthems for SATB choirs Laudate (Decani Music) Lead me, O Lord (OCP), collection of pieces by contemporary Catholic composers More Easy Anthems (RSCM), 13 anthems for unison or small SAB/SATB choirs Marty Haugen Songbook (Decani), songs and service music by Marty Haugen Complete Mission Praise (2009 edition; numbers are consistent with all previous versions) More Than Hymns (Novello), hymn anthems for mixed voice choirs More Than Psalms (Novello), 24 anthems on texts from the Psalms for mixed voices
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Ubi Caritas (OCP), liturgical music and songs based on plainsong melody by Bob Hurd New Anthem Book (Mayhew), volume 3: 25 anthems for SATB choirs New Church Anthem Book (OUP), 100 anthems from the Renaissance to the present New English Hymnal (Canterbury Press; numbers above 600 in italics from the supplement, New English Praise) New English Praise (Canterbury Press), a supplement to NEH containing hymns, psalms and liturgical settings The New Novello Anthem Book (Novello), 41 classic and modern anthems New Oxford Easy Anthem Book (OUP), 63 easy anthems for the churchs year The Novello Short Anthem Collections (Novello), two volumes each with 22 anthems for smaller SATB choirs Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems (OUP), 60 easy anthems for 2, 3 or 4-part choirs Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems (OUP), 34 anthems from the sixteenth century Oxford Easy Anthem Book (OUP), 50 anthems, 1 to 4 parts Out of Darkness (OCP), songs and service music by Christopher Walker, mainly for Easter Rejoice and Sing (OUP) Resurrexit (Decani), songs and liturgical music primarily for Lent, Holy Week and Easter Sunday by Sunday Collection 1 (RSCM), 30 photocopiable anthems for all seasons of the year Season by Season (RSCM), 100 simple hymns and anthems for particular occasions in the church year The Silver Collection (RSCM), 30 anthems at Silver standard in the Voice for Life scheme Songs for Life 1 (RSCM), songbook for children and adult beginners Songs for Life 2 (RSCM), songs in unison, 2 part and 3 part, SAMen Sing Glory (Mayhew/Jubilate) Sing Low (Novello), 30 anthems for lower voices, edited by Barry Rose Songs of Fellowship (Kingsway), volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 Sing Praise (RSCM/Canterbury Press), 330 hymns and songs to supplement mainstream hymn books Sing We Praise (Mayhew), 12 anthems for choirs short of men Songs for the Young Church Choir 24 (Mayhew), 3 volumes for childrens choirs, unison/2 part A Tallis Anthology (OUP), 17 anthems and motets Twelve Easy Anthems (RSCM), anthems in unison, 2 or 3 parts Ten New Anthems for Mixed Voices (Mayhew), pieces by Archer, Rawsthorne, Bertalot, and others The Source (Mayhew), volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 Songs and Prayers from Taiz (GIA), vocal and instrumental editions available Thirty Sacred Masterworks (Faber), anthems for upper voice choir, unison to 4 part Veni Emmanuel (Decani), liturgical music, songs and psalm settings primarily for Advent and Christmastide Voice for Life Songbook (RSCM), 2 volumes of songs and anthems for choirs at beginner or intermediate levels Weddings for Choirs (OUP), 40 pieces, sacred and secular, for SATB choirs on themes of love and praise Worship Songs for the Church Choir (Mayhew), 20 arrangements for SATB by Tambling in each volume We are Your People (OCP/Thomas More), songs and liturgical music by contemporary Catholic composers

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