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: Sinstimme (hoch), Flöte, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 613135
Meditation sur le 1er Prélude de J. S. Bach
for: Harp
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 615004
for: Voice (high), organ
Item no.: 175162
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395229
Sätze alter Meister
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283402
aus Walter Scotts "Fräulein vom See"
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 356150
Leuckart-Reprint
for: GES-T (A/BAR) KLAV
[latein, englisch]
Item no.: 166358
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 168426
Der Musikalische Salon Vol. 30
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 475264
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556228
Collection Anacrouse
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 470826
für Orchester (Soli oder Chor ad lib)
for: Salon orchestra
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 184568
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256596
Edition Schultheiss
for: Voice (high), piano [organ]
Item no.: 311528
Choral
for: Solo S + Choir + piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317203
for: Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 106040
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 388484
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258322
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257639
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 145021
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 346002
für 1-2 Altblockflöten (Flöte) und Cembalo (Gitarre)
Flautando Edition
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671992
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324722
for: Gemischter Chor
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 615992
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 185725
Doppelausgabe der beiden berühmtesten Ave Maria-Vertonungen
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 283341
Ave Maria
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424105
Dialog und Verkündigung
for: 2 Singstimmen (ST), 4 Posaunen, Basso continuo, [Singstimmen Chor SATTB]
Score
Item no.: 229804
Volgarizzata da Dante
Das Ave Maria eignet sich zum Musizieren im kleineren Rahmen.
for: Singstimme (S), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Violoncelli)
Score
Item no.: 374100
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 167819
aus: Sechs Marianische Hymnen
for: Voice (S/T), organ
Score
Item no.: 330689
Meditation über das erste Präludium C-Dur aus dem "Wohltemperierten Klavier" von J. S. Bach
for: mittlere Singstimme und Klavier; Violine (Violoncello) ad libitum
Item no.: 356509
Meditation über das erste Präludium C-Dur aus dem "Wohltemperierten Klavier"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356506
EMB Moments Musicaux for Violoncello 16
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256532
Blasorchester
for: Voice, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589241
Alto Saxophone & Streicher
for: Alto saxophone, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591358
Vibraphone & Streicher
for: Vibraphone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591280
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590146
Violin Solo
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596868
Transcription for mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 750675
op. 52/6
for: Viola, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 726029
Edition Schott
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 726646
Motette
Möseler Chorreihe 87
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1661546
aus "Sechs religiöse Gesänge", op. 157 (Nr. 6)
for: Voice (low), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2411
Edition Schott
for: Voice (medium), string quartet [string orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 756361
Einzelabgabe nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 327786
Canzone sacra per coro di bambini, violino, viola, violoncello e organo
for: Kinderchor (S), Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Orgel
Chorstimme
Item no.: 630206
Vier Bearbeitungen aus drei Jahrhunderten
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score
Item no.: 330166
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