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Two of the funeral sentences, "Man that is born of a woman" Z. 27 and "In the midst of life we are in death" Z. 17, survive in autograph score. The Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary comprises the March and Canzona Z. 780 [1] and the funeral sentence "Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts" Z. 58C.
Compositions created specially for funeral use or as a memorial to a deceased person or persons. Settings of the requiem mass can be found in that subcategory. Subcategories
Other ancient funeral marches, however intended for their own use, are the marches taken from Purcell 's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary (1694), composed for the funeral of Mary II of England (5 March 1695), [4] and the March to the Dauphin's Funeral Home written for Maria Anna of Bavaria and attributed to Philidor the Elder around 1690. [5]
The stately, mournful piece was played at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April 2021, as well as the procession to the lying in state of the Queen Mother and the funeral of King Edward VII.
Funeral March of a Marionette (French: Marche funèbre d'une marionnette) is a short piece by Charles Gounod. It was originally written for solo piano in 1872 and orchestrated in 1879. It is perhaps best known as the theme music for the television program Alfred Hitchcock Presents .
"Song for Athene", which has a performance time of about seven minutes, is an elegy consisting of the Hebrew word alleluia ("let us praise the Lord") sung monophonically six times as an introduction to texts excerpted and modified from the funeral service of the Eastern Orthodox Church and from Shakespeare's Hamlet (probably 1599–1601). [4]
Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project "Grieg: Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak (University of Hawaii Wind Ensamble)". University of Hawaii Bands (YouTube). 2016-02-18. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
The Prelude Op. 28, No. 20, in C minor by Frédéric Chopin has been dubbed the "Funeral March" by Hans von Bülow but is commonly known as the "Chord Prelude" due to its slow progression of quarter note chords. [1] It was written between 1831 and 1839. [2] The prelude was originally written in two sections of four measures, ending at m. 9.