wedding march

a musical composition played during a wedding procession.

Origin of wedding march

First recorded in 1840–50

Ella called her into her bed-room as she passed the door, by humming the Wedding-march.

Saturday's Child |Kathleen Norris
Then the music creeps out of the chancel,—the faint, sweet air of an old English wedding-march.

Through the Gates of Old Romance |W. Jay Mills
As both bride and groom appeared, George played on a mouth-organ to delude the actors into a belief that it was a wedding-march.

Little Washington's Relatives |Lillian Elizabeth Roy
The charm of the "Wedding-March" is not diminished because we know it so well.

Stars of the Opera |Mabel Wagnalls

Then to this accompaniment two violins began the wedding-march, and the great gate of roses swung wide.

The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor |Annie Fellows Johnston