Bridal Chorus

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The "Bridal Chorus" (German: "Treulich geführt") from the 1850 opera Lohengrin by German composer Richard Wagner, who also wrote the libretto, is a march now played for the bride's entrance at many formal weddings throughout the Western world. In English-speaking countries, it is generally known as "Here Comes the Bride" (from its use in the 1915 silent film of the same name) or "Wedding March", but "wedding march" refers to any piece in march tempo accompanying the entrance or exit of the bride, notably Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March". The chorus is sung in Lohengrin by the women of the wedding party after the ceremony, as they accompany the heroine Elsa to her bridal chamber. Wagner’s piece was made popular across the English-speaking world, particularly in Britain and the United States, when it was used at several royal weddings, including the wedding of Victoria the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick William of Prussia in 1858. At the 1885 wedding of Princess Beatrice, youngest...

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