相信大部分的觀眾都不會對婚禮進行曲中的小號調子感到陌生，但不會有太多人知道它跟莎劇「仲夏夜之夢」的關係，更鮮為人知的是當時孟德爾頌在普魯斯國王贊助的柏林藝術學院當音樂總監，國王的兒子跟維多利亞女皇的女兒成婚，在婚禮用上了孟德爾頌這段音樂，自此在西方社會成為習俗。

Although everybody is familiar with its trumpet solo tune in Wedding March, few know how popularity of this piece is connected to Mendelssohn’s patron, the Prussian king who sponsored the Berlin Academy of Arts where the composer was Music Director. The king chose this piece as part of the ceremonial music at his son’s wedding to the daughter of Queen Victoria in 1858, thereby popularizing its use at weddings in English-speaking countries.