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:
auch mit reduzierter Bläserbesetzung aufführbar
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 771652
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587919
Solo für Flöte, Klarinette, Fagott, Tenorsaxophon, Trompete, Horn, Tenorposaune, Bassposaune, Euphonium, Tuba, Violine, Viola oder Cello
for: Trumpet [cornet/flugelhorn], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671769
Brass Band
for: Cornet [violin], brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 595838
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595893
Blasorchester
for: Voice, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587994
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658009
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Partitur im Leinenumschlag
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 665943
Die in diesem Band enthaltenen Litaneien und Tantum-ergo-Vertonungen sind kennzeichnend für die Breite des gottesdienstlichen katholischen Lebens im 18. Jahrhundert. (Gesamtausgabe)
for: SOLI GCH ORCH (ORG)
Item no.: 131285
New Bach Edition (NBA). II/4
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 139655
aus "Götterdämmerung"
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588029
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595760
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594544
based on the march from Henry Purcell's "Music for the funeral of Queen Mary II"
Concert and Contest Collection Brass Band en Fanfare
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 863030
Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208846
European Parts included
Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208894
Die erste kritische Edition von Verdis Requiem mit komplett käuflichem Aufführungsmaterial.
Partitur im Leinenumschlag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670139
for: Alto saxophone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588947
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/5 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 215847
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588747
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587728
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588315
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589044
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 19
for: Orchestra; mixed choir (SSTTBB) ad lib.
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116886
aus "Götterdämmerung"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588126
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 648589
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588730
Fassungen von 1767 und 1803
Haydn Gesamtausgabe XXII, Band 1
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 746298
based on the march from Henry Purcell's "Music for the funeral of Queen Mary II"
Concert and Contest Collection CBHA
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679075
Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke I/6
for: Chor, Orchester, Orgel
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 645621
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 674385
for children
for chamber wind ensemble
Stephenson Music
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1165896
Frühfassung
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) II/5b
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444387
HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486491
Das Chorbuch für gemischte Stimmen. Die klingende Chorbibliothek
CD 1-10 komplett
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 299477
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 657033
auch mit reduzierter Bläserbesetzung aufführbar
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 771651
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583380
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 671873
(With optional Choir)
Band Music
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011830
(With optional Choir)
Arrangement Classic
for: Fanfare band(brass & saxophones); choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185998
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 621594
HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1317320
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