Cantata_for_the_Wedding_of_Emperor_Napoleon_and_Marie-Louise_of_Austria
Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie-Louise of Austria
Wedding cantata by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Cantate pour le Mariage de l'Empereur Napoleon avec Marie Louise d'Autriche (Cantata for the Wedding of Emperor Napoleon and Marie Louise of Austria) is a wedding cantata for orchestra, choir and soloists composed by Johann Nepomuk Hummel in 1810.[1] The piece was performed at the wedding ceremony of Napoleon Bonaparte and Marie Louise of Austria in March, but was not published in the composer's lifetime. It received a first performance in the UK in 2016, with instrumentalists and singers from Clare College, Cambridge conducted by Toby Hession.[2]