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: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 737643
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 724929
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 748080
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 748076
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 748077
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Single part Cello
Item no.: 748079
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 748078
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 752097
for: Cello [bassoon], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1852
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1819
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1231
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
bearbeitet für Violoncello und Klavier
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1237
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1847
op. 52/6
for: Voice, piano
Noten hoch, mittel oder tief
Item no.: 735590
D. 839
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1641
op. 52/6
for: Violine (oder Violoncello) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 749010
D. 839
for: Flute [violin], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1490
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1850
op. 19b
für Singstimme und Orgel
for: Voice (medium), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2454
bearbeitet für Klarinette oder Trompete in B und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1903
Ausgabe für Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2936
for: Violin [oboe/trumpet (C)], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1848
for: Horn (E-flat) [tenor horn], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1851
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [tenor saxophone/trumpet], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1849
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1845
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
bearbeitet für Violine und Klavier
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1234
G major
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 723608
op. 52/6
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750543
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1846
(Text aus "Winnetou III")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3050
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
bearbeitet für Klarinette und Klavier
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1235
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
bearbeitet für Alt-Saxophon oder Horn und Klavier
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat) [horn], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1236
Mélodie religieuse adaptée au 1er Prélude de J.S. Bach
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 750550
Ellens dritter Gesang (Hymne an die Jungfrau), aus Walter Scotts "Fräulein vom See"
D. 839 (op. 52, Nr. 6)
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2222
F major
for: mittlere Singstimme und Klavier; Violine (Violoncello) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 749048
pour Voix et Orgue
for: Voice (high), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1904
für Alt und Klavier, Orgel oder Harmonium
for: Voice (alto), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3040
aus "Messe in B-Dur"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751943
Ausgabe für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2937
Meditation on the first Prelude C Major from the Well-tempered Piano by J. S. Bach
for: Harmonium mit Text
Music score
Item no.: 735476
Edition Schott
for: Sopran (Tenor) und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 752436
D. 839
for: Cello [trombone/bassoon], piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1489
pour Voix et Orgue
for: Voice (low), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1988
op. posth. (1871)
für Männerchor und Orgel
for: Male choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 5745
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2181
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 2667
Canzone sacra per coro di bambini, violino, viola, violoncello e organo
for: Kinderchor (S), Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Orgel
Chorstimme mit Orgelstimme
Item no.: 755938
für Singstimme und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Voice (medium), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2326
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