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:
Suite d'Orchestre
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658682
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233628
Fünf neue Choralsonaten aus der Feder des Kirchenmusikers Felix Bräuer
Orgelmusik für viele Gelegenheiten (Pfingsten, Marienmonate, Trauerfeiern u.v.m.)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 660466
für Viola und Orgel
for: Viola, organ
Item no.: 624462
Lascia ch'io pianga; Ombra mai fù
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632909
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 323235
aus der Bühnenmusik zu Kuolema
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 181722
Biblioteca Orgánica vol. 14
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 366878
Transkription
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 388601
arranged for two trumpets in B-flat and piano
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 488744
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 246024
Urtext
Die erste kritische Edition von Verdis Requiem mit komplett käuflichem Aufführungsmaterial.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 670140
includes, besides the original version, a version with a smaller orchestra
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 667224
Melodie der Welt (MDW)
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 635547
ALB
One of the most moving of all the musical settings of the Passion of Christ.
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 244524
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 176998
Variations on a Ground Bass
St. Martin's Organ Series 15
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 214151
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317746
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317729
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317711
Score and Parts
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607206
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 615229
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1671981
Songs For Funeral Services
Parts in Bb, in Eb and in C–bass clef
for: Voice [melodic instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low)], piano [guitar/keyboard/organ]
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 665906
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1632227
Aus dem Requiem von Anton Bruckner. Für Trauerfeiern
Bearbeitung für Blasorchester (Marschbuchformat)
for: Small wind band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 1657989
for 3 choirs and 4 trombones
trombone score
for: 3 choirs, 4 trombones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 667410
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1027027
for basoon ensemble
for: 4 bassoons, double bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696396
für gemischten Chor (SATBB), Bläser und Pauken
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Score
Item no.: 662761
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 648443
für Sopransaxophon und Klavier
for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 625743
für 3 Violoncelli (Violine, Viola und Violoncello) Partitur und Stimmen
for: 3 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 628452
für Soli (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass), Chor SATB, Orchester und große Orgel (1971-1972)
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 649817
Vortrags- und Fantasiestücke für Harmonium Band 5
for: Harmonium
Music score
Item no.: 660570
Neue Texte auf alte Melodien, Psalmen, Bibelworte, Gedichte, Segensworte
for: Voice; guitar [keyboard] ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 694197
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331086
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323796
Tombeau
for: für Klavier
Item no.: 189419
für Anfänger
Begleitstimmen (Klavier und andere Instrumente) zum Ausdrucken
Demo- und Mitspielversionen aller Stücke auf zwei CDs
for: 1–2 clarinets (c); piano ad lib.
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 175805
Eine Sammlung von schönen Straßen-, Konzert- und Liedermärschen mit einem Anhang von Trauer- und Festmusiken
for: Small wind band
Score
Item no.: 196860
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 608181
Nr. 1: Trauerode
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 284466
op. 72/2 (posth.)
for: Piano
Item no.: 356009
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 167863
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 166212
(Over a Basso Ostinato)
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 169011
for: Piano
Item no.: 170679
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