Trauermarsch

funeral march A funeral march (Marche funèbre in French, Marcia funebre in Italian, Trauermarsch in German, Marsz żałobny in Polish), as a musical genre, is a march, usually in a minor key, in a slow "simple duple" metre, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession.

Chopin - Marche Funèbre (Funeral March)

funeral march in British English (ˈfjuːnərəl mɑːtʃ ) noun. a slow song or march played at funerals.

Classical music as a genre is often associated with marking life milestones as its diversity and range set the tone for any important commemoration, such as a funeral. You can use classical pieces exclusively or combine them with other musical genres.

For funerals, music has long held an equally important role. Throughout human history, it has been recognised that music and funerals belong together. At the funeral, music is one way that we let friends and family know that their normal and necessary emotions of grief, which music tends to draw forth, are welcome.

/kɔrˈtɛʒ/ IPA guide. Other forms: corteges. A group of people following solemnly behind, whether they're a celebrity's handlers or a funeral procession, is a cortege.

In creative writing, a dirge refers to a mournful song or piece of music. It is often used to create a sorrowful or melancholic tone in literature, serving as a reflection of loss, grief, or death. A dirge can also refer to a poem, which is typically written in elegiac stanzas and expressed in a somber, funereal style.

Dirge was a French band formed in 1994. From the industrial metal genre that exploded in the first part of the 90s, the band slowly evolved toward a more atmospheric and progressive form of metal, related to post-metal bands such as Neurosis, Isis, and Cult of Luna.

Chopin's Funeral March first appeared in the 1830s. It was the third movement in his Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor - a stunning, haunting work. Despite the piece's serious tone, Chopin's iconic melody has been used to embellish morbid humor for what seems like forever.

A funeral march is a musical work with a slow, stately pulse – typically in a minor key and in 4/4 time – imitating a funeral procession.

In New Orleans and elsewhere, Europeans and Anglo-Americans attended funerals with music that featured a brass band playing “solemn music on the way to the grave and happy music on the return.” There is also a history of rejoicing at death through music in West African burial traditions.

Normally at a service, three pieces of music are played. One is played on entry, another for quiet reflection during the ceremony, and the last during the committal, or the final farewell. Most services are 30 minutes, and so choosing songs that are around three minutes long will make up one-third of the memorial.