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| rdfs:label | - Lohengrin and Mendelssohn
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| rdfs:comment | - The two essential Standard Snippet wedding marches derive their music from:
* The bridal chorus that opens Act III of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin. The German words begin "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin," but most English speakers know it as "Here comes the bride."
* The prelude to Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music to Shakespeare's play (Op. 61). Generally used as a recessional. Examples of Lohengrin and Mendelssohn include:
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| abstract | - The two essential Standard Snippet wedding marches derive their music from:
* The bridal chorus that opens Act III of Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin. The German words begin "Treulich geführt ziehet dahin," but most English speakers know it as "Here comes the bride."
* The prelude to Act V of A Midsummer Night's Dream from Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music to Shakespeare's play (Op. 61). Generally used as a recessional. These two pieces, commonly referred to as "Lohengrin" and "Mendelssohn," are often played at Real Life and fictional weddings. The combination may have been popularized by its use at the wedding of Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia (later Kaiser Friedrich III) in 1858. Some churches discourage the use of this and other secular music at weddings held in their facilities. The former is also generally not used at Jewish weddings, due to Wagner's anti-Semitism (Mendelssohn was a Jewish Lutheran, by the way). Examples of Lohengrin and Mendelssohn include:
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