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 flutes (duet)
Music score
Item no.: 238479
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 563976
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738752
"Le Tombeau"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 733042
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725829
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725828
Str. 1: aus den Psalmen 55, 108, 25; Str. 2: Klaus Heizmann
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725809
Kanon zu 3 Stimmen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725796
Funeral March
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 752129
Motette nach Psalm 90 für achtstimmigen Doppelchor
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 734149
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741154
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741138
Edition Schott
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Sopran-Solo und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 743119
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755735
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755729
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 696374
for: gemischter Chor (SAATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 742358
op. 9/3
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 751888
for: Cello, piano
Score
Item no.: 388643
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 679074
for: Mixed Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 412194
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 656662
for: Trumpet (B-flat), organ
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 180184
for: Violin, 1-2 violas, organ, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280542
for: Trumpet
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 334604
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316935
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622129
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 618611
for: Klavierbegleitung
Book
Item no.: 220113
Rekonstruktion nach der Maurerischen Trauermusik (komplett) (complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 434065
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 486842
Vortrags- und Fantasiestücke für Harmonium Band 1
for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 660456
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 298744
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284755
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 586187
for: Guitar
Item no.: 582777
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 137546
CD-ROM
Item no.: 466128
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 361779
Funeral Ode
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 299983
for: Cello, Kontrabass, Fagott
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 370349
for: Piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117612
12 Classical Favorites Played in Jazz Style
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs), Playback-CD
Item no.: 655275
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658010
The Early Symphonies
Diletto Musicale – Doblinger's Classical Music Series
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 291735
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 269067
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 107263
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