Music has always played an important role in Funeral services. Browse our sheet music and scores, and let Stretta help you find the right music today.
Since the 13th century, clergymen have gathered in calendar brotherhoods on the calends, the first days of each month, to remember their deceased brothers. As at the funerals themselves, there was extensive singing. Later, choirs emerged from this ritual, to perform motets at funerals, in church or at the grave.
In addition to settings of Requiems, the Dutch composers of the 15th and 16th centuries wrote funeral motets to commemorate princes and rulers, which continued to spread across Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, with settings such as Handel’s Funeral Music for Queen Caroline, Musical Exequies by Heinrich Schütz and Purcells’s Funeral Music for Queen Mary. This began to expand into the secular world with works like Monteverdi’s Lamento d‘Arianna.
In France, the Sarabande was the most popular lament before the funeral march developed in the late 18th century. In the last century, new works such as dirges and epitaphs have entered the repertoire as expressions of mourning and grief.
Nowadays, pop or rock songs are often played at funerals. Here is a list of popular modern songs for funeral ceremonies:
for: Alt und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351221
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588126
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588029
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588747
Alpine Pop–Ballade
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, parts, online media
Item no.: 1558864
Arrangement for strings, harp and organ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 771664
for: GCH (SSTB) (+ ORG)
Score
Item no.: 350953
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385461
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 167548
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670139
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 661371
for: Oboe, Tasteninstrument (Klavier / Orgel)
Score
Item no.: 202993
for: Chor TTBarB, [Trommel]
Score
Item no.: 423615
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 237917
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234963
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 156873
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424007
for: Keyboard; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 153301
Trauermarsch zum Gedenken an Richard Nordraak
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632236
Buch
Item no.: 1658624
Songbook
Item no.: 243756
Ein Trostlied zu Trauerfeiern für gemischten Chor, Melodieinstrument und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), melody instrument (C/B-flat), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 670973
(3 Violinen und Generalbass)
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 215630
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 460696
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 143705
Songbook
Item no.: 444458
und Trauermotette "Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst"
Carus Classics
Audio-CD
Item no.: 238199
for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
Item no.: 344433
Zehn Transkriptionen aus dem Werk Robert Schumanns
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 581253
for: Organ
Item no.: 477492
Trauermusik für 6 Bläser
Direktion in C
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Conductors part
Item no.: 187271
Madrigal-Zyklus
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654906
for: 3 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1561015
Textheft
Lyric book
Item no.: 235904
Fassungen von 1767 und 1803
Haydn Gesamtausgabe XXII, Band 1
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 314394
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 444392
Transcription facile
Pianino 133
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 584720
für Viola und Orgel (Klavier)
String Attack
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 410308
for: Guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 326272
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 613134
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011830
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 160241
for: Cello, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 361357
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 471450
Funeral march
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1680008
for Flute and Organ
Flute Attack
for: Flute, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 342513
for: 4 Posaunen
Score
Item no.: 267055
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