Funeral Marches

Funeral marches are the songs played as family enters the funeral service or as the casket is removed from the funeral home, church or cathedral to be taken to the burial site. Below are some often used marches you may want to consider as you plan a funeral service for a loved one.

Adagio for Strings – Albonini

Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

Clair de Lune – Claude Debussy

Psalm 121 – H. Howells

Solemn Melody – H. Walford Davies

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings Fair - J. Brahms

Air on the G string – J.S. Bach

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – JS Bach

Canon - Pachelbel

Nessun Dorma – Puccini

The Waltz of the Flowers (From the Nutcracker) – Tchaikovsy

Ave Maria – Verdi

Ave Verum Corpus – W.A. Mozart