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 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
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
Postkarte
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); orchestra ad lib.
Postcard
Item no.: 424132
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA GEISTLICH ALBEN
Score
Item no.: 582916
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 558620
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 215629
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 345126
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266883
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667670
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 144688
for: Piccolo
Score
Item no.: 100998
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 122319
Music of Mourning
for: Viola (Violine, Violoncello) und Streichorchester
Study score
Item no.: 743586
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734134
"So schnell sind die Jahre vergangen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734130
from Organ Symphony No. 6 "Martin Luther"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 759269
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755741
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678371
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280160
for Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682689
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 444967
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 394791
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 486114
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 333781
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 117837
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 180208
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 214046
for: Recorder Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 274070
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE QUINTETTE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 290271
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 626830
for: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 140985
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 369618
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 262014
for: Orchestra; mixed choir (SSTTBB) ad lib.
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116886
Transcribed for piano solo by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382265
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 477543
for: Piano, tape
Piano score, CD
Item no.: 402785
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318817
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 263764
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 612574
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 578207
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