Death music

thumb|Requiem for Cirilo Almario|Bishop Cirilo Almario, in the [[Mass of Paul VI at Minor Basilica and Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Malolos, Bulacan, 2016]] thumb|The Requiem, in the Tridentine Mass, celebrated annually for [[Louis XVI and victims of the French Revolution, in the crypt of Strasbourg Cathedral, 2013]] thumb|270px|Requiem Mass for Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria at St. Catherine's Cathedral, [[St. Petersburg, published in a Russian newspaper, 1914]]

thumb|right|Jan Kochanowski with dead daughter in painting inspired by the poet's Laments

march, usually in a minor key

thumb|right|300px|Jan Kochanowski with his dead daughter in a painting by [[Jan Matejko inspired by the poet's Threnodies]]

thumb|292x292px|A woman keening at a wake in County Kerry in the early nineteenth century, depicted from the memories of [[Samuel Carter Hall. She had "black, uncombed locks" and a blue cloak, and held her hands above the body then dramatically waved them in the air "as if by sudden inspiration".]] Keening (, ) is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition, known to have taken place in Ireland and Scotland. Keening, which can be seen as a form of sean-nós singing, is performed in the Irish and Scottish Gaelic languages (the Scottish equivalent of keening is

A dirge () is a somber song or lament expressing mourning or grief, such as may be appropriate for performance at a funeral. Often taking the form of a brief hymn, dirges are typically shorter and less meditative than elegies. Dirges are often slow and bear the character of funeral marches. Poetic dirges may be dedicated to a specific individual or otherwise thematically refer to death.

thumb|Page 1 of "Drei Equale für vier Posaunen" ("Three Aequales for four Trombones") by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] An equale or aequale (from , equal voices or parts) is a musical idiom. It is a piece for equal voices or instruments. In the 18th century the equale became established as a generic term for short, chordal pieces for trombone choirs, usually quartets or trios. The instruments were not necessarily equal in pitch, but formed a closed consort.

bugle call

thumb|Oppaari Song An oppari is an ancient form of lamenting in southern India, particularly in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, and North-Eastern Sri Lanka. Oppari is a folk song tradition and is often an admixture of eulogy and lament. The oppari is typically sung by a group of women relatives who came to pay respects to the departed in a death ceremony. It is a means to express one's own grief and also to share and assuage one's grief for the deceased. Many communities use the oppari to express their grief at a funeral. Sometimes professional oppari singers are recruited, but it is a dying practice