Some would argue that both the bridal chorus from Lohengrin and the wedding march from Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream are remarkably inappropriate.

In Lohengrin, the bride, Elsa, if she wishes to be wed to Lohengrin, must never ask his name or inquire about his life in any way. If she does (which, of course, she does), he will be forced to leave (which he does). So it implies that the bride must remain ignorant of the groom; that she is totally subservient to him.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theseus captures Hippolyta to marry her without her consent and Titania's coerced drug-induced declaration of love to Bottom, a half-man, half-donkey creature. But at least the commoners in the play get married successfully.

Oh -- and in case you don't know, these two pieces of music are the ``traditional'' wedding themes for the bridal entrance and the recessional, respectively. Uplifting, huh?