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: 2 baritone horns [tenor horns/trombones], tuba
Single parts 1 in C (Trombone/tenor horn/baritone horn)
Item no.: 1713299
for: Brass winds (4 parts)
Part 3 in B-flat (tenor horn / baritone horn / trombone)
Item no.: 1713432
for: Brass winds (4 parts)
Single part Trumpet 1 [flugelhorn] (B-flat)
Item no.: 1713428
Single part Trombone 2 (C)
Item no.: 209200
for: Tuba (B-flat)
Item no.: 261470
Edition Schultheiss
for: Voice (tenor), piano [organ]
Item no.: 433186
Solostimme (ohne Klavier) mit Playalong-CD
for: Clarinet, piano
Single part Clarinet; Playback-CD
Item no.: 666439
Solostimme (ohne Klavier)
for: Alto flute, piano
Single part Flute
Item no.: 666435
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 248132
for: GCH STR ORG (+ 2 HRN)
Score
Item no.: 336544
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428066
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 246070
for: FCH (SA) KLAV (HA)
Item no.: 578781
Diabelli Anton + Schubert Franz + Beethoven Ludwig Van
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Alto saxophone 1, 2
Item no.: 347267
Orgelstimme
Single part Organ
Item no.: 610403
Single part Horn 3
Item no.: 458691
Diabelli Anton + Schubert Franz + Beethoven Ludwig Van
for: Flexible ensemble
Clarinet 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326111
Single part Horn 2 (E-flat)
Item no.: 261473
Single part Horn 1 (E-flat)
Item no.: 261471
Single part Tenor horn 2
Item no.: 246071
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 469374
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 276005
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424117
Single part Trumpet 3
Item no.: 245387
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 310932
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217067
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424115
Single part tenor horn 3
Item no.: 261474
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424118
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 186525
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 313037
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 335043
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 336628
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 325916
for: Bassoon
Single part (educational), online media
Item no.: 148227
for: Viola [violin/cello], string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 678397
Songs For Funeral Services
Parts in Bb, in Eb and in C–bass clef
for: Voice [melodic instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low)], piano [guitar/keyboard/organ]
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 665906
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743502
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733558
"Ave, Marry"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730717
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753815
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733556
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 730712
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730710
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730709
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753810
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