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"The wedding march was played by . . The custom of having music at a wedding ceremony has a very ancient and rather amusing origin. In olden days, when everyone lived in perpetual fear of evil spirits, they bolioved that noise was the only way of frightening tho bad spirits away, so at their wedding ceremonies they used to beat drums and clash weapons and play every conceivable sort of musical instrument. Rather different from our stately wedding march oi; to-day.l
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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82AT THE ORGAN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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