I am looking for romantic music. Primarily for the wedding, but also for my general life. I like songs with words, and I usually care about the actual meaning of said words, so I would like to find some songs that are not accidentally break-up songs (which seem to get chosen as wedding music disturbingly often). And if possible I would like songs that are not creepy and stalkerish and obsessive, and songs which don't imply that finding The One is the ultimate aim of life.
Any style is fine; I'm just trying to brainstorm ideas here. I like rock better than r&b and I like baroque and early music better than classical, but those preferences are not set in stone. Also, any language is fine; languages I actually know are English, Swedish, French, German, Hebrew and Latin (and I can sort of kind of understand Spanish, Italian, Ladino, Norwegian and Yiddish), but if you know a good example in a language I'm completely ignorant of, then I will trust you to pick something with non-offensive words. I am particularly hoping for songs that mention weddings (for obvious reasons of aptness), and songs that mention May / springtime / summer, cos two potentials I have in mind are Telemann's Schmückt das frohe Fest mit Maien and Fauré's setting of the Victor Hugo poem Puisque mai.
This bit is more of a long shot, but I especially especially want songs that would work for communal singing, which is to say stuff that's reasonably simple musically and / or reasonably well-known, and preferably out of copyright or otherwise public domain. But not hymns. There may be no songs at all in this category, but I reckon several of my friends have a better chance of knowing about them (if they do exist) than I do.
All suggestions gratefully received (yes, even facetious ones)!
Any style is fine; I'm just trying to brainstorm ideas here. I like rock better than r&b and I like baroque and early music better than classical, but those preferences are not set in stone. Also, any language is fine; languages I actually know are English, Swedish, French, German, Hebrew and Latin (and I can sort of kind of understand Spanish, Italian, Ladino, Norwegian and Yiddish), but if you know a good example in a language I'm completely ignorant of, then I will trust you to pick something with non-offensive words. I am particularly hoping for songs that mention weddings (for obvious reasons of aptness), and songs that mention May / springtime / summer, cos two potentials I have in mind are Telemann's Schmückt das frohe Fest mit Maien and Fauré's setting of the Victor Hugo poem Puisque mai.
This bit is more of a long shot, but I especially especially want songs that would work for communal singing, which is to say stuff that's reasonably simple musically and / or reasonably well-known, and preferably out of copyright or otherwise public domain. But not hymns. There may be no songs at all in this category, but I reckon several of my friends have a better chance of knowing about them (if they do exist) than I do.
All suggestions gratefully received (yes, even facetious ones)!
