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: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Basso continuo (Orgel), Instrument ad libitum
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 117140
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 166734
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116494
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 820399
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 150584
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 151215
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 301182
for: Chor, Orchester, Orgel
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 645621
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 348439
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 392728
for: Alt solo, Gemischter Chor: SSATB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 115879
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 658676
for: Posaune und Orgel
Score, solo part
Item no.: 278296
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 483298
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 257252
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 114658
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 649492
[mit CD: Begleitung zur Solostimme Violine]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 337772
Abschiedsklang - Mein letzter Gruß
Flexible Besetzung
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1678381
pour orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 659958
Psalm 130 (129) für gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 394791
voor gemengd koor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 489257
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 429243
Opus 17
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 144688
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 122319
for: Recorder Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 274070
for: 5 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 216715
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1658195
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 266026
Passionskantate
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234963
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 237917
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385461
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1563702
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588747
for: Harmonium [organ manuals]
Item no.: 147693
aus "Götterdämmerung"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588126
aus "Götterdämmerung"
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588029
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626830
für gemischten Chor (und Orgel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 207977
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1319378
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 11
Audio-CD
Item no.: 677166
for: 3 trombones [tenor horns]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563084
Sakrale Trios
for: 3 trombones (C)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562176
for: 3 alto saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1558259
Trauermusik für 6 Bläser
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Set of parts
Item no.: 313680
Trauermusik
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 661371
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
Horn, Posaune und Tuba
Partitur und Stimmen
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE QUINTETTE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 290271
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