It began as music to accompany a horse-drawn coffin through the city streets—but over the years, composers have used it in a variety of settings, from serious to comic.
In this hour, music to die for--funeral marches for a real queen, a fictional prince, a puppet, a parrot, and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| CD Title |
Disc/Track* |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
11 |
EMI CDC 7471632 |
0724357498128 |
| Purcell: Funeral & Sacred Music |
1/8 |
Brilliant Classics BLC99790 |
5028421997902 |
| Purcell: Music for Queen Mary |
25 |
EMI Classics 094634443821 |
094634443821 |
| Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre |
2/7 |
Philips 456 143-2 |
028945614328 |
| Kodaly Conducts Kodaly |
15 |
DG 427 408-2 |
028942740822 |
| Tortelier's French Bonbons [for Gounod’s Funeral March of the Marionette] |
2 |
Chandos CHAN 9765 |
095115976524 |
| Mahler: Symphony No. 1 |
3 |
EMI CDE5749632 |
0724357496322 |
| Chopin Complete Edition |
7/ 7 |
DG 4778445 |
028947784456 |
| Rossini: La Gazza Ladra |
2/19 |
Chandos CHAN 3097 |
095115309728 |
| Lewenthal Concerto Recordings [for Alkan’s Funeral for a Dead Parrot] |
2/9 |
Elan 744198-2284-2 |
744198228425 |
| Beethoven Complete Sonatas |
4/7 |
DG 4631272 |
028941960221 |
| Walton : Scenes from Shakespeare |
16 |
CHAN 7041 |
095115704127 |
| Grieg: Complete Music for Piano, Vol. 4 |
19 |
BIS BISCD107 |
7318590001073 |
| Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 |
8 |
Naxos 8.557854 |
0747313285426 |
