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:
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
Meditation über das erste Praeludium von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 276005
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 469374
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: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Violone, Orgel)
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424117
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 217067
Single part Horn 1
Item no.: 310932
Single part Trumpet 3
Item no.: 245387
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
Epicedi per le grandi guerre
Book
Item no.: 770620
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.: 733558
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753815
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743502
"Ave, Marry"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730717
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733556
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753810
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730709
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730710
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 730712
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753811
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753813
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 735643
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744754
op. 22/1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733559
for: gemischter Chor und Orgel
Music score
Item no.: 753814
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744751
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730714
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733557
(Johannes Jourdan)
for: gemischter Chor und Melodie-Instrument ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 733561
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753812
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730719
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753817
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730725
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