Funerary and memorial compositions

Christian hymn

suite for piano in ten movements by Modest Mussorgsky

march, usually in a minor key

traditional lament of the German Armed Forces

Piano suite by Maurice Ravel

concerto by Alban Berg

Metamorphosen, study for 23 solo strings (TrV 290, AV 142) is a composition by Richard Strauss for ten violins, five violas, five cellos, and three double basses, typically lasting 25 to 30 minutes. It was composed during the closing months of the Second World War, from August 1944 to March 1945. The piece was commissioned by Paul Sacher, the founder and director of the Basler Kammerorchester and Collegium Musicum Zürich, to whom Strauss dedicated it. It was first performed on 25 January 1946 by Sacher and the Collegium Musicum Zürich, with Strauss conducting the final rehearsal.

secular cantata by J. S. Bach, funeral ode

A tombeau (plural tombeaux) is a musical composition (earlier, in the early 16th century, a poem) commemorating the death of a notable individual. The term derives from the French word for "tomb" or "tombstone". The vast majority of tombeaux date from the 17th century and were composed for lute or other plucked string instruments. The genre gradually fell out of use during the 18th century, but reappeared in the early 20th.

Russian Marxist and revolutionary funeral march

Orchestral composition by Mozart (1785)

viola sonata by Dmitri Shostakovich

flute sonata by Francis Poulenc

'''''''' (the German form of Latin naenia, meaning "a funeral song" named after the Roman goddess Nenia) is a composition for SATB chorus and orchestra, Op. 82 by Johannes Brahms, which sets to music the poem "" by Friedrich Schiller. Brahms composed the piece in 1881, in memory of his deceased friend Anselm Feuerbach. It was first performed by the Tonhalle Gesellschaft Chorus Zürich on 6 December 1881, conducted by Brahms. Nänie'' is a lamentation on the inevitability of death; the first sentence, "", translates to "Even beauty must die". Typical duration of a performance is approximatel

symphony by Hector Berlioz

musical composition by Shostakovich

1977 musical composition by Arvo Pärt

composition for horn, violin, and piano by Johannes Brahms

piano trio by Dmitri Shostakovich

instrumental piece, short text, adapted by Nini Rosso and Willy Brezza; 1986 - 2012 RAI - TV transmissions ending theme

1964 piece of vocal music composed by Igor Stravinsky

musical work; concert work written by Igor Stravinsky in 1920

composition for string quartet

funeral cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach

2001 single by Ryoko Moriyama

piano trio by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

composition by Maurice Ravel

Composition for orchestra by Igor Stravinsky

piano sonata composed by Dmitri Shostakovich

funeral march by Jean Sibelius

thumb|Liszt in 1842 Funérailles is the 7th and one of the most famous pieces in Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (Poetic and Religious Harmonies), a collection of piano pieces by Franz Liszt. It was an elegy written in October 1849 in response to the crushing of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 by the Habsburgs.

2001 single by Hikaru Utada

Piece by Edvard Grieg in commemoration of a fellow composer

composition for solo piano by Charles Gounod

last major orchestral composition by Igor Stravinsky

Trauermusik is a suite for viola and string orchestra, written on 21 January 1936 by Paul Hindemith at very short notice in memory of King George V of the United Kingdom, who died the previous night. The title means "Mourning Music" or "Funeral Music" in English, but the work is always known by its German title.

symphony by Darius Milhaud

Orchestral work by Dmitri Shostakovich