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:
Transcribed for piano solo by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382265
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Study score
Item no.: 743586
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 345126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 263764
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266883
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 578207
for: Keyboard; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 153301
for: Piccolo
Score
Item no.: 100998
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678371
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 477543
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 333781
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318817
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 444967
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280160
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 140985
for trumpet and piano
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 262014
Trauermarsch zum Gedenken an Richard Nordraak
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632236
Buch
Item no.: 1658624
Songbook
Item no.: 243756
für Violine 1-2 Violen, Orgel und Basso continuo
for: Violin, 1-2 violas, organ, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280542
Ein Trostlied zu Trauerfeiern für gemischten Chor, Melodieinstrument und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), melody instrument (C/B-flat), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 670973
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 656662
for: BLECH ENSEMBLE SCHLAGZ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551246
(3 Violinen und Generalbass)
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 215630
for: Hunting horn, organ
Item no.: 460696
for: 3 clarinets (trio)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 143705
Songbook
Item no.: 444458
und Trauermotette "Wie liegt die Stadt so wüst"
Carus Classics
Audio-CD
Item no.: 238199
Bearbeitung
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 622129
for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
Item no.: 344433
Zehn Transkriptionen aus dem Werk Robert Schumanns
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 581253
for: Organ
Item no.: 477492
Trauermusik für 6 Bläser
Direktion in C
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Conductors part
Item no.: 187271
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 563976
for: Trumpet
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 334604
for Flute and Organ
Flute Attack
for: Flute, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 342513
für Streichquartett
String Attack
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 292396
Madrigal-Zyklus
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654906
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 696374
for: 3 horns (F)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1561015
Textheft
Lyric book
Item no.: 235904
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 587104
Schriftenreihe der Internat. Bachakademie Stuttgart 2/5
CD-ROM
Item no.: 466128
Azione sacra
Erstausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237395
Bass Posaune & Streicher
for: Bass trombone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591250
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594606
Fassungen von 1767 und 1803
Haydn Gesamtausgabe XXII, Band 1
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 314394
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