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:
Die erste kritische Edition von Verdis Requiem mit komplett käuflichem Aufführungsmaterial.
Partitur im Leinenumschlag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 670139
Postkarte
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); orchestra ad lib.
Postcard
Item no.: 424132
for: Piano, tape
Piano score, CD
Item no.: 402785
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 612574
for: Chor TTBarB, [Trommel]
Score
Item no.: 423615
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424007
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA GEISTLICH ALBEN
Score
Item no.: 582916
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 558620
Arrangement for strings, harp and organ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 771664
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 215629
for: GCH (SSTB) (+ ORG)
Score
Item no.: 350953
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 167548
for: Oboe, Tasteninstrument (Klavier / Orgel)
Score
Item no.: 202993
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 156873
Transcribed for piano solo by the composer
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 382265
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 345126
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251
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: Double bass, piano
Item no.: 140985
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 214046
for: Alt und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351221
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280160
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 318817
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667670
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 578207
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 117837
for: Orchestra; mixed choir (SSTTBB) ad lib.
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116886
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 262014
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 263764
for: Piccolo
Score
Item no.: 100998
for Violin and Piano
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 682689
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 444967
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 369618
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 266883
Alpine Pop–Ballade
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, parts, online media
Item no.: 1558864
for: Keyboard; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 153301
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 486114
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
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