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98 Prelude Songs

- Updated April 10, 2022 -

As your guests arrive, visit with one another and find their way to their seats, set the mood for the ceremony with a selection of several songs from this list of 98 classical and modern wedding prelude songs.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses. Alphonse Karr, A Tour Round My Garden

Click the SONG TITLE,  ARTIST or STYLE column heading to change the sort order.
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SONG TITLE ARTIST STYLE
A ROSE IS GENTLY BLOOMING Johannes Brahms, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
ADAGIO CANTABILE FROM 'PATHETIQUE' SONATA Ludwig Van Beethoven, Hans Hagen Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
AIR ON THE G STRING Johann Sebastian Bach, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
ARIA, YOU ARE WITH ME Johann Sebastian Bach, Neumarkt Brass Quintet Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
AWAKE, MY HEART, WITH GLADNESS Flor Peeters, Waldham Grove Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
CANON IN D MAJOR (chamber orchestra) Johann Pachelbel, Kanon Orchestre de Chambre Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
CANON IN D MAJOR (piano, violin) Johann Pachelbel, Lola Astanova & David Aaron Carpenter Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
CLAIRE DE LUNE (orchestra) Claude Debussy, Tomaso Albinoni Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
CONCERTO FOR OBOE IN D MINOR, ADAGIO Tomaso Albinoni, Pierre Pierlot, Claudio Scimone Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
FUR ELISE Ludwig Van Beethoven, Classic FM Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
GOING HOME (guitar) Antonin Dvorak, Ryan Tilby Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
HORNPIPE George Frideric Handel, English Chamber Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
JESU, JOY OF MAN'S DESIRING Johann Sebastian Bach, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
LARGO George Frideric Handel, London Symphony Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
MEDITATION (cello, piano) Jules Massenet, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
MOONLIGHT SONATA (piano) Ludwig Van Beethoven, Luke Woodapple Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
MORNING MOOD FROM 'PEER GYNT' Edvard Grieg, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
O PERFECT LOVE (piano, violin) Sir Joseph Barnby, O'Neill Brothers Group Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
PANIS ANGELICUS Cesar Franck, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
PRAISE TO THE LORD, THE ALMIGHTY Walther, Johann Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
PRELUDE IN C MAJOR (piano) Johann Sebastian Bach, Rousseau Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
RAINDROP PRELUDE No. 15 (piano) Frederic Chopin, Tiffany Poon Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
RHOSYMEDRE Ralph Vaughan Williams, North Texas Wind Symphony Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
ROMANCE Anton Rubenstein, Budapest Strings Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
SERENADE (orchestra) Franz Schubert, Orquesta Club Miranda Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
SERENADE FOR STRINGS Franz Joseph Haydn, Budapest Strings Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
SHEEP MAY SAFELY GRAZE (chamber orchestra) Johann Sebastian Bach, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
SONATA FOR FLUTE AND CONTINUO IN G MINOR George Frideric Handel, Jiri Valek, Josef Hala, Frantisek Slama Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
SPRING, 1ST MOVEMENT (strings) Antonio Vivaldi, Bonn Classic Ensemble Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
THE LORD'S PRAYER (piano) Albert Hay Malotte, O'Neill Brothers Group Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
THE SWAN (cello & piano) Camille Saint-Saens, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
TO A WILD ROSE (piano) Edward MacDowell, J.J. Sheridan Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
TRAUMEREI (violin, orchestra) Robert Schumann, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
WATER MUSIC George Frideric Handel, Budapest Strings Classical Click to play this song in your default browser
(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU Bryan Adams Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
A STARLIT SKY Workday Release Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
A STRING OF PEARLS Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
A THOUSAND YEARS Piano Guys Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
ADORE Prince Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING Marvin Gaye And Tammi Terrell Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
ALL MY DAYS Alexi Murdoch Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
ALL THE WAY Frank Sinatra Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
ALWAYS Atlantic Starr Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
AT LAST Etta James Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD Rascal Flatts Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
BUTTERFLYZ Alicia Keys Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
CHINA ROSES Enya Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
DIE A HAPPY MAN Thomas Rhett Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
DON'T KNOW MUCH Linda Ronstadt feat. Aaron Neville Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
EVER EVER AFTER Carrie Underwood Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
FALLING SLOWLY Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
FEARLESS Taylor Swift Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
FOREVER IN LOVE Kenny G Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
FREE Zac Brown Band Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
GOD ONLY KNOWS John Legend & Cynthia Erivo Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
GOODNIGHT SWEETHEART David Kersh Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
HEAVEN DJ Sammy Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
HERO Enrique Iglesias Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
I DO (CHERISH YOU) 98 Degrees Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
I WILL BE HERE Steven Curtis Chapman Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
IF Bread Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
LA VIE EN ROSE Louis Armstrong Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
LADY Kenny Rogers Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
LOOK AT US Vince Gill Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
LOVE Lana Del Rey Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
LOVE Musiq Soulchild Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
MAESTRO Hans Zimmer Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
MAGIC Coldplay Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
MAYBE I'M AMAZED Paul McCartney Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
MOON RIVER 2CELLOS Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
MY WISH Rascal Flatts Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
REAL LOVE Beatles Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
SAY ONCE MORE Amy Grant Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
SINCE YOU ASKED Judy Collins Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME Ella Fitzgerald Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL Newsboys Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
STILL FALLIN' Hunter Hayes Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
TENERIFE SEA Ed Sheeran Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THE GIFT OF LOVE Bette Midler Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THE NOTEBOOK SOUNDTRACK: MAIN TITLE Aaron Zigman Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THE ONE Elton John Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THE ONE Kodaline Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THE PRAYER Andrea Bocelli Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THE ROSE Bette Midler Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THEME FROM THE SEARCH FOR EVERYTHING John Mayer Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
THIS VERY MOMENT K-Ci & JoJo Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
TON OF LOVE Chris Cagle Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE Peabo Bryson feat. Roberta Flack Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
WAITING ON AN ANGEL Ben Harper Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
WEDDING ON THE MOUNTAIN Robin Spielberg Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN Carpenters Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
WHEN I SAID I DO Clint Black & Lisa Hartman Black Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
WHEN YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME Josh Groban Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
XO Beyonce Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
YOU AND I Stevie Wonder Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
YOUR HANDS ARE COLD Dario Marianelli Modern Click to play this song in your default browser
YOUR LOVE AMAZES ME John Berry Modern Click to play this song in your default browser


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