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First Known Wedding Usage
- When
- 2 June 1847
- Where
- St Peter's Church, Tiverton, England
The first known instance of the Wedding March being used at a wedding occurred on 2 June 1847 at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, England.
Organist Samuel Reay performed Mendelssohn's Wedding March for the marriage of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel at St Peter's Church, Tiverton, England, on 2 June 1847, establishing an early precedent for its ceremonial use.
Sources
- Wedding March (Mendelssohn) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-01
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