Impassable vulgarity: The State Duma did not like Mendelssohn's world wedding hit

The march of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), known all over the world and considered a classic symbol of the wedding ceremony, smells of impenetrable vulgarity. This opinion was expressed by Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family Protection, Fatherhood, Motherhood and Childhood Vitaly Milonov (United Russia).

"Mendelssohn's waltz has always annoyed me. He smells of impenetrable vulgarity. I don't associate it with a good marriage. Rather, with a basin of Olivier, a bucket of fried cutlets and a bride price," the parliamentarian told the Paragraph portal.

Milonov admitted that now the newlyweds can choose any music for the wedding ceremony.

"But I would make a new all-Russian anthem of family creation. I think we should announce a national vote to choose the right melody," Milonov concluded.

The famous wedding march was written by Mendelssohn in 1842, becoming one of the pieces of music for William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream (1564-1616). It was first performed as a wedding anthem at a wedding in Great Britain in 1847. The composition gained real popularity after being used at the wedding of Princess Victoria and Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia on January 25, 1858.

It should be noted that Mendelssohn accompanied his march with a comic, grotesque "donkey" wedding, according to the composer's plan, the music was supposed to emphasize the solemn farce of the situation.

However, for one and a half hundred years, the march has been regularly performed at millions of weddings around the world, having received the status of a "wedding standard" that is super recognizable from the first notes.