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
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Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
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Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
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EMI CDC 7471632 |
0724357498128 |
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Purcell: Funeral & Sacred Music |
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Brilliant Classics 99790 |
5028421997902 |
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Purcell: Music for Queen Mary |
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EMI Classics 094634443821 |
094634443821 |
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Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre |
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Philips 456 143-2 |
028945614328 |
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Kodaly Conducts Kodaly |
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DG 427 408-2 |
028942740822 |
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Tortelier's French Bonbons [for Gounod’s Funeral March of the Marionette] |
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Chandos CHAN 9765 |
095115976524
|
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Mahler: Symphony No. 1 |
|
EMI CDE5749632 |
0724357496322 |
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Chopin Complete Edition |
Pollini |
DG 4778445 |
028947784456 |
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Rossini: La Gazza Ladra |
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Chandos CHAN 3097 |
095115309728 |
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Lewenthal Concerto Recordings [for Alkan’s Funeral for a Dead Parrot] |
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Elan 744198-2284-2 |
744198228425
|
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Beethoven Complete Sonatas |
Barenboim |
DG 4631272 |
028941960221 |
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Walton : Scenes from Shakespeare |
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CHAN 7041 |
095115704127 |
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Grieg: Complete Music for Piano, Vol. 4 |
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BIS BISCD107 |
7318590001073 |
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Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 |
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Naxos 8.557854 |
0747313285426 |
