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Funeral music suggestions please - just music

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Longingforthesummer · 08/08/2023 18:03

I need 2 pieces of music - one for entering of the coffin and the other for maybe a moment of reflection

Nothing religious
Not modern like Angel Robbie W, etc.
Just simple beautiful music pieces

Any suggestions?

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LindorDoubleChoc · 08/08/2023 19:49

Jellybean23 · 08/08/2023 18:40

Pachelbel's canon in D major

This is wedding music for most people.

Mummy2022FT · 08/08/2023 19:49

DuskandSummer · 08/08/2023 18:18

Ludovico Einaudi, Nuvole Bianche or I Giorni are very beautiful.

I was going to say exactly this! Beautiful

IridescentRainbird · 08/08/2023 20:01

KnottyKnitting · 08/08/2023 18:22

The Ashokan Farewell. Just beautiful.

I was going to suggest this.

WILTYjim · 08/08/2023 20:08

@Longingforthesummer you’ve been added to the classics honours committee. I hope you find the perfect tune. So very sorry for your loss.

iamme21 · 08/08/2023 20:15

Another vote for an Einaudi piece

sunglassesonthetable · 08/08/2023 21:19

Barber's Adagio for Strings is very beautiful and I second Gabriel's Oboe from The Mission.

budgiegirl · 08/08/2023 23:59

So sorry for your loss.
At my dad's funeral, we had Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach, it's such a beautiful piece of music, and I thought it was perfect, gentle but not too funereal.

LadyHag · 09/08/2023 00:02

We had the philharmonic orchestra cover of dancing in the dark for my dad's entrance to the crematorium.

Not likely to be what you are looking for op, and I am sorry for your loss, but if you want an uplifting piece of music to lift your spirits at any time, I would recommend this.

DreamingofBrie · 09/08/2023 00:11

I'm sorry for your loss.

We lost a pupil a few years ago - Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 was chosen for when he arrived at the crematorium.

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pinkgown · 09/08/2023 00:11

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Escapingafter50years · 09/08/2023 00:28

One of the most beautifully haunting pieces of music I know is called the Lonesome Boatman

Also the theme from Amelie is truly lovely.

Sorry for your loss.

Butterflysunshine01 · 09/08/2023 01:34

John Barry - somewhere in time.
It's a beautiful piece of music.

QueenBitch666 · 09/08/2023 02:05

Walk to the Paradise Garden - Delius

Fraaahnces · 09/08/2023 02:22

I used to sing and conduct choirs at weddings and funerals and these were big favourites. I’m so sorry for your loss.
Mozart: Ave Verum Corpus

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