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: 2 Soprane (Sopran/Alt) und Orgel
Item no.: 1701272
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283402
for: Sinstimme (hoch), Flöte, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 613135
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 308250
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424105
for: Singstimme (S), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Violoncelli)
Score
Item no.: 374100
for: Gemischter Chor
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 615992
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324722
for: Voice (medium), piano
Score
Item no.: 283341
for: 2 Singstimmen (ST), 4 Posaunen, Basso continuo, [Singstimmen Chor SATTB]
Score
Item no.: 229804
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1468
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1195
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257639
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395229
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 258322
for: Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 106040
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 388484
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1678042
for: Solo S + Choir + piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317203
for: Salon orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 167819
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 181459
for: Voice a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 1657383
for: Voice (S/T), organ
Score
Item no.: 330689
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 168426
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256596
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 256532
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 185725
for: Harp
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 615004
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556228
for: mittlere Singstimme und Klavier; Violine (Violoncello) ad libitum
Item no.: 356509
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356506
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 356150
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 479977
Vier Bearbeitungen aus drei Jahrhunderten
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score
Item no.: 330166
Chorsaetze Zum Kirchenjahresende Und Zum Advent
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 551610
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589044
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
F-Dur
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237795
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595392
Solo für C, Bb, F oder Eb-Instrument mit Blasorchester
Moderne Bearbeitung
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 487294
Katholisches Gebet- und Gesangbuch – Großdruck, in Leder
Gemeinsamer Eigenteil mit der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart
Songbook
Item no.: 675583
op.52/6
D839
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581120
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 558479
for: Electric organ
Item no.: 108585
for: gleiche Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 281046
for: Kinderchor (S), Violine, Viola, Violoncello und Orgel
Chorstimme
Item no.: 630206
for: Sopran (Tenor) und Orgel
Item no.: 566228
for: Voice, 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 658875