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: Trumpet (C/B-flat/E-flat), piano
Item no.: 431586
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat/E-flat), organ
Item no.: 431271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 560701
for: Salon orchestra
Item no.: 389165
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430872
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for: Voice, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 268984
Single part Trombone 3 (C)
Item no.: 367914
Single part Trombone 1 (C)
Item no.: 246072
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 388236
for: Voice (soprano), organ
Item no.: 563584
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309144
Italienische Volksweise
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 485205
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364982
for: Cello and Guitar
Book
Item no.: 579744
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 185351
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 153597
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445750
MH 382
Klavierauszug
Piano reduction
Item no.: 237778
Single part Alto saxophone 2
Item no.: 328964
Solostimme (ohne Klavier)
for: Clarinet, piano
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 666464
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 314598
Abendgebet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309793
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308700
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 296461
Buch
Item no.: 248852
Donna Maria
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 583489
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 610402
for: Accordion
Item no.: 475079
for: Kinderchor (Mez) mit Männerchor (TTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 742604
Power Of Voice - Wedding Edition (Orgelausgabe)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 171274
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649895
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 459644
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455677
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 445745
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 263495
Italienische Volksweise
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 582057
for: 1–2 voices, piano
Score
Item no.: 479796
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474878
for: Voice (low), organ
Item no.: 472353
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 336545
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 469375
Single part Tenor horn 1
Item no.: 146665
Single part Tenor Saxophone 1
Item no.: 142657
Buch
Item no.: 249410
for: Singstimme (hoch), Klavier
Item no.: 612104
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