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: Alt solo, Gemischter Chor: SSATB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 115879
for: Posaune und Orgel
Score, solo part
Item no.: 278296
for: Trumpet (C/D), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 460700
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317224
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 552566
for: Bassoon, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 257253
Auswahl-CD zur Ausgabe "Adagio" Band 1-3
Audio-CD
Item no.: 478676
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1677033
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Basso continuo (Orgel), Instrument ad libitum
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 117140
for: Flute, piano
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 171648
32 einfache Sätze im alten Stil / Coro SSA oder SAA zur Bestattung
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279300
[mit CD: Begleitung zur Solostimme Violine]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 337772
for: 2 viole da gamba, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665590
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 114658
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 166734
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 483298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 484726
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 370417
for: Clarinet, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 257252
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 658676
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 649492
for: Concert band; voice ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1183716
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
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