Funeral march

Funeral marches traditionally played frequently at the secular part of mourning occasions, especially funerals. Also, in some politically motivated protest demonstrations, accompanying ( with vorangetragenem coffin ), funeral marches used to a symbolic funeral.

They are usually kept in a minor key, with a slow tempo and rhythm uniform ( the march character under -dash fully -voiced chords ), a funeral procession in imitation. The funeral marches can be divided in compositions

  • Without special outer mourning occasion (Mozart, Liszt )
  • For the funeral of a usually high-ranking personality ( Purcell, Cherubini, Söderman )
  • In memory of a friend or colleague after the funeral ( Grieg )
  • In connection with an opera plot for the deceased heroes ( Donizetti, Wagner),
  • As immaterial character of expression in the conception of sonata or symphony ( Beethoven, Chopin, Mahler ).

Well-known funeral marches

  • So-called Little Funeral March in C minor (K. 453 ) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - little piano piece that Mozart 1784 his composition pupil Barbara Ployer wrote in the album. The original title is " Marche funebre, Maestro del Signed Contrapuncto ".
  • Prelude & Marche funebre by Franz Liszt - little piano piece from 1885
  • March as the 1st set of "Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary " by Henry Purcell for the funeral of Queen Mary II ( 1695) - for four trumpets
  • Marche funebre by Luigi Cherubini - orchestral work from 1820 on the occasion of the funeral of the murdered in Paris Bourbon Duke of Berry
  • Funeral March for King Charles XV. of Sweden (1872 ) by August Söderman for orchestra
  • Funeral march for orchestra by Edvard Grieg - for his friend and colleague Rikard Nordraak
  • Funeral march with chorus deposit from the III. Act of the opera "Dom Sébastien " (1843 ) by Gaetano Donizetti ( virtuoso piano transcription by Franz Liszt, 1844)
  • Funeral March from the Third Lift of the Opera " Götterdämmerung " by Richard Wagner, consisting of an abundance of leitmotifs from the previous action
  • Funeral March ( Marcia funebre ) as minor, 3rd movement from Piano Sonata No. 12 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op 26, 1800
  • Funeral March ( Marcia funebre ) C minor, 2nd movement of the Symphony No. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op 55, from 1803
  • Funeral March ( Marche funebre ) B flat minor, 3rd movement from the "Piano Sonata No. 2 ", op 35, by Frédéric Chopin, from 1839
  • Funeral March, 3rd movement from Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler, based on the canon of " Frère Jacques "
  • Funeral March in C sharp minor, 1st movement from Gustav Mahler's 5th Symphony, from 1904
  • Immortal Victims: Funeral March of the labor movement
  • 4th movement ( Funebre ) of the Piano Sonata No. 1 by Alexander Scriabin

This and That

  • The entrance theme of the wrestler " The Undertaker " is the funeral march of Chopin.
  • In the Simpsons episode " Homer, the rat ," GABF08 Season 16, episode 14 (349), performing at the sports hall of the funeral march from Mahler.
  • Duke Ellington plays in the Black and Tan Fantasy on Chopin Marche funebre.
Piano Sonata No. 12 (Beethoven) Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven) Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin) Symphony No. 1 (Mahler) Symphony No. 5 (Mahler) Labour movement Piano Sonata No. 1 (Scriabin) Black and Tan (film)
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