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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 183143
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 170976
A-flat major
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727544
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 158549
for: Melody instrument (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 112509
Eight memorable, effective, and accessible piano solos for celebratory and solemn events
The Eugénie Rocherolle Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 680068
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 278812
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204992
for: Women's choir (SSMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 289195
for: Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 610522
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 661347
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 294187
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score
Item no.: 283342
for: Voice (medium), organ
Music score
Item no.: 136133
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 180359
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Sopran-Solo und Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 578952
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256586
for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 590147
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588392
Meditation about the first Prelude C major from "The Well-Tempered Clavier" by J.S. Bach
for: Violine (Violoncello) und Klavier; Harmonium und Violoncello II ad. lib.
Music score
Item no.: 724672
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235644
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 422893
for: Tuba, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596951
for: Oboe, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596898
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591266
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Eb Bass, Bb Bass, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 665186
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 228792
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 673322
for: Voice (low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1994
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin
Score
Item no.: 364836
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), organ
Score
Item no.: 279001
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 564267
for: Violin [cello], piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 356766
Musikalisches Gebet
for: Small wind band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 445421
Verlagskopie)
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 136657
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 333666
Voce Con Tromba 18
for: GES-T (A) TRP ORG (KLAV)
Item no.: 149108
Voce Con Tromba 17
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet, organ [piano]
Item no.: 164592
for: 7 trombones [3 horns, 4 trombones]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 401570
Schulbuch
for: Voice
Songbook (Hardcover)
Item no.: 337150
for: Violine, Orgel, Sopran
Music score
Item no.: 608604
Musikalische Juwelen zur Hochzeit
for: Violin, organ
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 329623
Sologesang Mit Instrumenten Und Orgel 20
for: 2 voices (SA), organ
Item no.: 313781
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315867
for: Horn, organ
Ausgabe in B
Item no.: 487084
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 198938
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