What's a good song similar to Ave Maria for a bride to walk down the aisle to?

Question

I'm looking for something similar sounding and with a similar pace to Ave Maria.

I'm not looking for any type of wedding marches or those types of songs.

Answer 1

I found a great list of recommended classical music.  A few that you are already using are featured in the list but there is plenty more to choose from.  I hope this helps :0)

Classical Wedding Music:

'Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin' - (also known as "Here Comes the Bride", By Richard Wagner)

'Canon in D' - (By Johann Pachelbel)

'Guitar Concerto in D Major', Largo, - (Antonio Vivaldi)

'Air' - (from Water Music Suite, By George F. Handel)

'Prince of Denmark's March' - (Trumpet Voluntary in D major, By Jeremiah Clarke)

'Procession of Joy' - (By Hal Hopson)

'Rigaudon' - (By Andre Campra)

'Wedding March' - (taken from Marriage of Figaro, by W.A. Mozart)

Prelude from 'Te Deum' - (By Marc Antoine Charpentier)

'Trumpet Tune and Air' - (By Henry Purcell)

'Trumpet Voluntary' - (By John Stanley)



'Coronation March for Czar Alexander III' - (By P. I. Tchaikovsky)

'Overture' - (From 'Royal Fireworks Music', By George F. Handel)

'Promenade' - (From 'Pictures at an Exhibition'), (Modest Mussorgsky)

'Sinfonia' - (From 'Cantata No 156' - By Johann S. Bach)

'Cantata No 29' - (By Johann S. Bach)

'Prelude and Fugue in C.' - (By Johann S. Bach)

'Toccata' - (From L'Orfeo, By Claudio Monteverdi)

'Romance from String Quartet' - (By W. A. Mozart)

'Piano Concerto No 21 in C. major' - (Known as 'Elvira Madigan' - By W. A. Mozart)

'Trumpet Tune in A. Major' -  (By David N Johnson)

'A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music, 'Op 61 Wedding March' - (By F. Mendelssohn)

'Winter', Largo or 'Spring' Allegro - (From 'The Four Seasons' - By Antonio Vivaldi)

Here are a few religious songs similiar to Ave Maria:

Amazing Grace

I Believe

Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

by Bach

Lord's Prayer

by Malotte

Popular Standards

and Showtunes

A Time for Us

A Whole New world

Disney's Aladdin

All I Ask of You

Phantom of the Opera

As Time Goes By

Beauty and the Beast

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

Castle on a Cloud

Les Miserables

Chariots of Fire

Danny Boy

Don't Cry for Me, Argentina

Evita

Edelweiss

Sound of Music

Embraceable You

The Entertainer

The Sting

Greensleeves

Hawaiian Wedding Song

Hello, Young Lovers

I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing

La Vie en Rose

Love Story

Love Theme

The Godfather

Memory

Cats

Misty

Music of the Night

Phantom of the Opera

Over the Rainbow

The Rose

Scarborough Fair

Some Enchanted Evening

Somewhere My Love

Doctor Zhivago

The Sound of Music

Speak Softly Love

The Godfather

Sunrise, Sunset

Fiddler on the Roof

Tara's Theme

Gone With The Wind

Through the Eyes of Love

Ice Castles

Tonight

West Side Story

When You Wish Upon A Star

Wind Beneath My Wings

Zing! Went The Strings of my Heart

http://www.heavenlyharpist.com/harp-song...

Answer 2

pacabel's canon in D

Answer 3

Why can't you use Ave Maria for your walk down the aisle?  You don't say you are using it anywhere else...  Also, are you forgetting music for walking away from the alter in the recessional?  the previous person had a good list, I was just curious, and thought I would suggest going ahead and using Ave Maria.

Answer 4

Here is a great site with music clips to help you choose:

http://www.myweddingmusic.com/Music/Proc...

There are 2 versions of Ave Maria, Gounod and Schubert.  If you are already using one for the Mothers entrance, then you could use the other one to process to.

Other suggestions:

Hymn - Vangelis

Largo - Handel

Joy - George Winston

Quaker Hymn Simple Gifts - traditional

There are a lot of other beautiful choices on that website!

Good luck!