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Mendelssohn, Felix
     
Mendelssohn, Felix
(1809-47) a German composer (writer of music), who wrote five symphonies and the overture Fingal's Cave. The Wedding March from his Incidental Music to a Midsummer Night's Dream is often played at church weddings as the newly married man and woman leave the church.
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