Here comes the bride

It’s customary for a bride-to-be to make a grand entrance on her wedding day, and for many that involves the processional song "Bridal Chorus," commonly re – ferred to as "Here Comes the Bride." e song is from the 1850 opera "Lo –

hengrin," which was com posed by Richard Wagner.

In the opera, the women in the wedding party sing the song as they escort the bride, Elsa, to her bridal chamber. The original lyrics included, "Faith – fully, led, you go…" and referred to the joy of the couple’s new life together.

After Princess Victoria, the daughter of Queen Victoria of England, used the song for her 1858 wedding procession, the music became a wedding staple across Europe and America. While the instrumental version is widely used for a bride’s walk down the aisle, some religious institutions prefer couples choose another song because of the music’s secular origins.