Bride And Groom (weddings)

    (CBS Daytime, 1951 - 1953;
     NBC Daytime, 1953 - 1958)

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Theme 1: "Bridal Chorus", from the opera "Lohengrin"

    [theme title verified by theme collector Ray Clark]

    [aka: "The Wedding March";
     aka: "Here Comes The Bride";
     aka: "Brautchor" (German for "Bridal Chorus")]

     Composer: Richard Wagner (predates ASCAP & BMI)

     Orig. Publisher: Breitkopf and Haertel, of Leipzig, Germany

     1978 Publisher: [in the Public Domain]
     2000 Publisher: [in the Public Domain]

     Composition Date: 1851

     Recording:

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Sub-Theme 2: "We'll Be Forever One"

    [theme title verified by theme collector Ray Clark]

     Composer: Philip R. ("Phil") Hanna (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc. (ASCAP)

     2000 Publisher: Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc. (ASCAP)
                     [aka: B V C Inc.],
                       c/o WB Music Corp.,
                       of Los Angeles, CA

     Copyright Date: Oct. 21, 1952; EP 66 473.
     Renewal   Date: May  13, 1980; RE-59-970.

     Recording:

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Sub-Theme 3: "This Is Our Day"

    [theme title verified by theme collector Ray Clark]

     Composer: music by Franklin Cole (ASCAP), and
               lyric by Eleanor S. Cole (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: The Boston Music Co. (ASCAP)

     2004 Publisher: Music Sales Corp. (ASCAP),
                        of New York, NY
     
     Copyright Date: June 16, 1953; EP 72 389.
     Renewal   Date: [not found]

     Recording:

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Sub-Theme 4: "From This Day Forth"

     Composers: music by Maggie Johnson (ASCAP) and
                lyric by Franklin Cole (ASCAP)

     1978 Publisher: [not found in the 1978 ASCAP
                      Index of Performed Compositions]

     2000 Publisher: [not found in ASCAP or BMI]

     Copyright Date: Nov. 9, 1953; EP 75 987.
     Renewal   Date: Jan. 2, 1981; RE-76-790.

     Recording:

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