"Wedding March" There are three wedding marches. One is composed by Chopin, the other is the prelude to the fifth act of Mendelssohn's overture "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and the other is the chorus "Wedding Cantata" at the beginning of the third act of "Lohengrin" written by Wagner. The former is cheerful and passionate, and the latter is solemn. Solemn. Western tradition is that Wagner's "Wedding March" is played when the bride enters the ceremony. Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" is played when the newlyweds step out of the church.