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:
für Blechbläser zu 11 Stimmen (Trompeten (3), Posaunen (3), Tuba, Hörner (3), Schlagzeuge (2), Euphonium) und Schlagzeug
for: 11 brass instruments, percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 764370
Organova 14
for: Organ, percussion
Ensemble score
Item no.: 762457
(All Soul's Day)
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 745766
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 697060
In G minor
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 696826
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 696686
aus: Tristitiae Remedium
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 696719
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Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Flute 2
Item no.: 696687
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 696374
Wort//Werk//Wirkung
Book (Hardcover), CD
Item no.: 696376
for basoon ensemble
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696396
Suite d'Orchestre
Urtext
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695811
aus Wagners Götterdämmerung
Schott Archive
for: 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 695687
Choral Music of Our Time
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 695462
Neue Texte auf alte Melodien, Psalmen, Bibelworte, Gedichte, Segensworte
for: Voice; guitar [keyboard] ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 694197
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 693437
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 693436
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Conductor score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 691983
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691952
for: Small wind band
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 691901
Der Musikforscher Malcolm Bruno erstellte auf Basis der inzwischen als Parodievorlage etablierten Trauerode BWV 198 eine neue Rekonstruktion des Werks
for: Narrator, 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 689659
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686625
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; percussion ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 686487
aus "Götterdämmerung"
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), organ, timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 685705
for violin and viola
for: Violin, viola
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 684853
Musik für Gottesdienst, Konzert und Unterricht
for: Organ
Music score (anthology), CD
Item no.: 684636
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684174
Hymn to the Victims of the Holocaust
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 683643
first movement from 'Stabat Mater' arranged for Low Flute Choir
Music for Low Flutes – The Bottom Line Series
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 682700
for Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682689
for children
for chamber wind ensemble
Stephenson Music
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1165896
Fünf meditative Stücke für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 681788
13 Beerdigungsgesänge für Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 681616
Trauerode für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Kammerorchester
Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681148
Trauerode für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Kammerorchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681013
Trauerode für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Kammerorchester
Stimmensatz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 681147
Morgen- und Trostlieder für Chor und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 680831
Partita für Orgel
nach dem Text der 5. bis 7. Strophe des Liedes von Matthias Claudius
(Sterbenden zuzusprechen)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 680842
Eight memorable, effective, and accessible piano solos for celebratory and solemn events
The Eugénie Rocherolle Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 680068
Klavierauszug XL
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 677224
für Singstimme (Alt), Violine und Orgel
for: Voice (alto), violin, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677116
for mixed chorus (SATB) and percussion
Choral Music South Africa
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Score
Item no.: 676323
für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 676235
Ten Christmas songsfrom the Piano Guys for Cello solo
Hal Leonard Cello Play Along 9
for: Cello
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 675738
Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Heilands Jesu Christi nach dem Evangelisten St. Johannes
Fassung mit Orgel- oder Klavierbegleitung von Arnold Mendelssohn
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 675867
Play eight Selections as recorded by the Piano Guys
Hal Leonard Piano Play Along Volume 9
for: Piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 675586
für Altblockflöte und Klavier
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 674734
für Sopran und Harfe
(enthält auch eine Bearbeitung für Sopran und Orgel)
for: Voice (soprano), harp [organ]
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 674644
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