Congratulations!
My name is Marty Hoehler and I’m a keyboardist and singer at St. Joseph Church. I am looking forward to providing music for your wedding! This list below is a compilation of the most beloved and beautiful Catholic wedding music. Please choose one from each category. If you would like to hire an additional cantor to sing a special song or hymn at offertory, communion, or the dedication to Mary, I can find you a good one from our parish for an extra fee. This would be in addition to my fee of $250. Otherwise, the Mass will be sung by myself. Please present the full amount for all music fees to the wedding coordinators at your rehearsal. Some of the recordings below are of me singing and playing. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. I can be reached at mhoehler@jcu.edu
I hope you enjoy listening. Email me your selections!
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Prelude
No requests for popular songs can be accommodated while the Eucharist resides in the tabernacle. I will play gentle piano and organ preludes beginning 20 minutes before Mass.
Bridesmaids’ entrance song:
Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, J.S. Bach (can also be played on piano)
Canon, Johann Pachelbel organ recording here (can also be played on piano)
Largo, George Frideric Handel organ recording here
Procession of the Bride:
Trumpet Voluntary, Jeremiah Clarke
Trumpet Tune – Jeremiah Clarke
Prelude to the Te Deum – Marc-Antoine Charpentier,
Rigaudon by Andre Campra
here is a trumpet/organ version
O God Beyond All Praising
Or any other selection in the Bridesmaids’ category above.
Entrance Antiphon – chosen by myself (This short refrain, which accompanied the priest’s veneration of the altar, is ommitted if you are having a wedding ceremony outside of Mass)
Gloria – I will choose the setting for you. (This is omitted if you are having a wedding ceremony outside of Mass)
Responsorial Psalm Please let me know which psalm refrain you would like
C-1
R. The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
C-2
R. I will bless the Lord at all times.
C-3
R. The Lord is kind and merciful.
C-4
Blessed the man who greatly delights in
the Lord’s commands
C-5
Blessed are those who fear the Lord.
C-6
R. The Lord is compassionate to all His works.
C-7
R. Let all praise the name of the Lord.
http://chabanelpsalms.org/CATHOLIC_WEDDINGS/) The full texts of the above psalms can be found here if you are interested in seeing them. I will choose the musical setting of that psalm for you – you’re just choosing the text.
Alleluia and Mass Parts: We will choose these for you.
Offertory (This is omitted if you are having a wedding ceremony outside of Mass)
The liturgy continues with music during the offertory and preparation of the altar. This usually takes very little time, so a short organ improvisation or selection is usually most effective at this point. I will choose the selection of the offertory music for you.
Communion: (This is omitted if you are having a wedding ceremony outside of Mass)
Miracle of Grace
I Received the Living God
Bread of Angels
Love Divine All Loves Excelling,
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
Ubi Caritas (text of refrain means “Where there is charity and love, God is there”)
Presentation to Mary (optional) –this means you would put flowers at the feet of the blessed Virgin – it happens after communion.
Recessional:
Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy – Ludwig van Beethoven
Rigaudon by Andre Campra
Trumpet Tune – Jeremiah Clarke
Prelude to the Te Deum – Marc-Antoine Charpentier,
Please note that the 2 popular wedding marches by Wagner (here comes the bride) and Mendelssohn are not included in this list. This is because they are not appropriate for a Catholic Mass as they are secular works, not sacred. The Wagner march comes from an unsavory scene in an opera and the Mendelssohn from a (rather weird) scene in a musical comedy. Additionally, they are both so overused on TV and and in Movies, that they have taken on a secular association that is at odds with the Catholic Sacrament of Marriage.