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: Voice (high), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 108236
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 656070
for: Cello, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 143358
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Item no.: 420547
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 162416
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 339617
Doppelchörig arrangiert für 7 Poaunen
for: 7 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 261217
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 583490
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 301461
for: Voice, organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 184890
for: für Chor SSA
Choir score
Item no.: 112802
for: Organ
Item no.: 281549
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 552553
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 334316
for: Accordion
Music score
Item no.: 147170
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 105874
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 143895
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 490704
Heft 1
Partitur
for: Flute, 2 violins, viola, cello; piano ad lib.
Item no.: 111056
for: Zither (5 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 151147
for: Voice (tenor)
Book
Item no.: 479795
für eine Singstimme und Orgel
for: Voice (high), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 241750
Vocal Album from the 16th to the 20th century
for: 1-4 Singstimmen (solistisch oder chorisch) und Klavier (Orgel)
Music score
Item no.: 779819
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730719
for: gleiche Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 742592
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753817
for: Voice (high), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2413
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 2382
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1232
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1229
for: Flute, clarinet, 2 violins, cello, double bass, piano
Item no.: 137168
for: 2 voices (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 423759
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 297306
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 616018
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 126832
for: Cello (oder Celli (3) oder Celli (5)), Klavier
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 148589
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317507
for: GES-H VL ORG
Item no.: 283365
for: GCH (SSAATTBB) HA
Choir score
Item no.: 582591
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 554860
for: Voice (high), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 658889
for: Streichquartett, Kontrabass (ad libitum)
Score, part
Item no.: 561400
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145419
Fantasy
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 749023
for: Trumpet, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591327
for: Viola, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591295
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590145
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