The Best Classical Funeral Songs
What are the best classical songs for different funerals or memorial services?
If you have not selected such a song yet, you might consider one of the songs listed below. They list
as some of the favorite classical songs that have become popular for modern funerals or memorial services.
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- Gustav Adolf II, Op.49, R121 "Elegy" composed by Hugo Alfven
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- Air On the G String, BWV 1068 composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
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- Chorale Prelude: "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" composed Johann Sebastian Bach
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- "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
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- Concerto ("Double"), BWV 1043 II. Largo composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
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- Komm, süsser Tod, (Schemelli Gesangbuch No. 868), BWV 478 (BC F227) composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
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- Agnus Dei composed by Samuel Barber
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- "Adagio for Strings" Op. 11 composed by Samuel Barber
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- "Für Elise" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27, "Moonlight Sonata" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Marcia Funebre" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 "Allegretto" composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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- Suite Gothique, Op. 25, Prière à, Notre-Dame composed by Leon Boellmann
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- Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 "Poco allegretto" composed Johannes Brahms
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- Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 35 "Funeral March" composed by Fryderyk Chopin
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- Prelude In E Minor, Op.28, No.4 composed by Fryderyk Chopin
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- "Clair de Lune" from Suite Bergamasque composed by Claude Debussy
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- Rêverie for Piano, L.68 composed by Claude Debussy
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- Enigma Variations, Op. 36, Nimrod composed by Edward Elgar
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- Sursum Corda, Op. 11 composed by Edward Elgar
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- "Sanctus; Pie Jesu" from the Faure Requiem composed by Gabriel Faure
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- Élégie, Op. 24 composed by Gabriel Faure
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- Pavane, Op. 50 composed by Gabriel Faure
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- Panis Angelicus composed by Cesar Franck
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- "Adagio" composed Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, arranged by Remo Giazotto
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- "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" from Orfeo ed Euridice composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck
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- "Irish Tune" from County Derry composed by Percy Grainger
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- Elegiac Melodies, Op. 34, "Last Spring" composed by Edvard Grieg
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- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, "Death Of Ase" composed by Edvard Grieg
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- Messiah, HWV 56, "I Know that my Redeemer Liveth" composed by George Frideric Handel
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- Saul, HWV 53 composed by George Frideric Handel
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- Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40, "Largo" composed by George Frideric Handel
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- Symphony No. 5, "Adagietto" composed by Gustav Mahler
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- Concerto for oboe, SF. 935, "Adagio" composed by Alessandro Marcello
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- La Vierge, "Le dernier sommeil de la Vierge" composed by Jules Massenet
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- Thaïs, "Meditation" composed by Jules Massenet
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- Ave Verum Corpus composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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- Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477 (K. 479a) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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- Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488, "Adagio" composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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- Canon in D composed by Johann Pachelbel
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- Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten composed by Arvo Part
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- Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, "Juliet's Funeral and Romeo Death" composed by Sergey Prokofiev
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- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, "When I Am Laid In Earth" composed by Henry Purcell
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- Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z. 860 "March" composed by Henry Purcell
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- Vocalise, Op. 34/14 composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
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- Pavane for a Dead Princess composed by Maurice Ravel
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- Pavane pour une infante défunte composed by Maurice Ravel
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- Romance in E-flat, Op. 44 composed by Rubinstein
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- Sleeping Beauty Waltz, OP. 66a, composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
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- Aralarren composed by Juan Urteaga
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- Requiem Mass (Manzoni Requiem) composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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- Piccolo (Flautino) Concerto, RV 443, Largo composed by Antonio Vivaldi
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- "Touch Her Soft Lips And Part" composed by William Walton
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- The Lark Ascending composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
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