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Siegfried's Funeral March; Il Silenzio (song) Slonimsky's Earbox; Sonata for Violin and Cello (Ravel) Song for Athene; String Quartet No. 4 (Shostakovich) String Quartet No. 7 (Shostakovich) Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Symphony No. 2 (Milhaud)
In 2005, a survey by Music Choice showed that it was the third-most popular song Britons would like played at their funerals. [1] By 2014, it was the most popular. [ 11 ]
In 2009, "Flying Without Wings" was listed as the seventh most popular song for the wedding's first dances in the UK. [99] In 2012, their version of "You Raise Me" and also "Flying Without Wings" made it to the top 20 most popular songs used at funerals. [ 100 ]
The stately, mournful piece was played at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral in April 2021, as well as the procession to the lying in state of the Queen Mother and the funeral of King Edward VII.
The Funeral March on the Death of a Hero (1800-1801) which is the third movement of the Piano Sonata no. 12, one of the most popular of the century, would have a notable influence on Chopin in particular. [8] Beethoven was looking for the "new musical paths" (Neue Bahnen) mentioned in one of his letters to Krumpholz of 1802.
The funeral ended with the Queen's Piper, Pipe Major Paul Burns of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, playing "Sleep, Dearie, Sleep," adapted from a Gaelic song called Caidil mo ghaol. The coffin ...
George Best – A Tribute is a single released by Brian Kennedy and Peter Corry as a tribute to former Northern Irish professional footballer George Best.It features songs Kennedy and Corry performed at Best's funeral service, and the single was released with proceeds going to the George Best Foundation.
Drummers at the funeral of jazz musician Danny Barker in 1994. They include Louis Cottrell, (great-grandson of New Orleans' innovative drumming pioneer, Louis Cottrell, Sr. and grandson of New Orleans clarinetist Louis Cottrell, Jr.) of the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, far right; Louis "Bicycle Lewie" Lederman of the Down & Dirty Brass band, second from right.