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A funeral march (''Marche funèbre'' in French, ''Marcia funebre'' in Italian, ''Trauermarsch'' in German) is a march, usually in a minor key, in a slow "simple duple" metre, imitating the solemn pace of a funeral procession. Some such marches are often considered appropriate for use during funerals and other sombre occasions, the most well-known being that of Chopin. Handel uses the name dead march, also used for marches played by a military band at military funerals and executions. == Examples == Examples in classical music include: * The ''Marche funèbre'' second movement of Charles-Valentin Alkan's Symphony for solo piano, Op. 39, No. 5. * Alkan's "Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot" for four-part chorus, three bassoons, and oboe * The second movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (''Eroica''). * The third movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 12 (written in the key of A-flat minor with a middle section in A-flat major). * A funeral march, formerly attributed to Beethoven (WoO Anhang 13), believed to be by Johann Heinrich Walch, played at the Remembrance Day Cenotaph Service. * The ''Funeral March for the Final Scene of Hamlet'' by Hector Berlioz. * The eighth variation from Benjamin Britten's ''Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge'', Op. 10. * ''Marche funèbre'' for piano written by Frédéric Chopin in 1837, which became the 3rd movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35. * Chopin's ''Marche funèbre'' for piano in C minor, Op. posth. 72, No. 2. * The funeral march in Ferdinand David's Concertino for Trombone and Orchestra. * The ''Trauermarsch'' written by Anton Diabelli in memory of Michael Haydn for solo guitar. * The funeral march from Zdeněk Fibich's opera ''The Bride of Messina.'' * The "Funeral Music" for Akhnaten's father in Act I of the opera ''Akhnaten'', by Philip Glass. * The ''Funeral March of a Marionette'' by Charles Gounod (1872); this later became known to contemporary audiences as the theme music used for the ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' television series (1955–65) * The ''Funeral March in Memory of Rikard Nordraak'' by Edvard Grieg. * The ''Dead March'' from ''Saul'' by George Frideric Handel. * The third movement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No.3 in E-Flat Minor Op.30 * A funeral march for Napoleon Bonaparte, in ''Háry János,'' by Zoltán Kodály, after Napoleon has been defeated by the hero Háry János. * Franz Liszt's ''Marche funèbre, En mémoire de Maximilian I, Empereur du Mexique'' ("Funeral march, In memory of Maximilian I, Emperor of Mexico") from ''Années de pèlerinage'', Book 3. * Liszt's ''Trauervorspiel und Trauermarsch'', S.206 (written in 1885 (the year before he died), and published three years later in 1888) * The third movement of Gustav Mahler's first symphony, "Funeral March in the Manner of Callot" based on "Bruder Martin", the German minor-key variant of the children's song "Frère Jacques.", and the ''Trauermarsch'' opening movement of his Symphony No. 5. * The funeral march for Lìu in the opera ''Turandot,'' by Giacomo Puccini. * The ''March'' "sounded before her chariot" from Henry Purcell's ''Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary''. * The fourth movement of Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 1. * The "Funeral March:" Adagio Molto from Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 15. * "Siegfried's Funeral March" from ''Götterdämmerung'' by Richard Wagner. Classical music examples with the character of a funeral march but not specifically titled as funeral marches include: * Masonic Funeral Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. * The theme from Beethoven's "Nine Variations on a March by Ernst Christoph Dressler" for piano, WoO 63, is a funeral march. * Song Without Words, Op. 62, No. 3, by Felix Mendelssohn; this is often called "Trauermarsch," but it is so called without the composer's approval. * The 2nd movement of Johannes Brahms's ''Ein deutsches Requiem'' has the characteristics of a funeral march, but it is in a slow triple metre. * The song "Der Tamboursg'sell" ("The Drummer Boy") from ''Des Knaben Wunderhorn'', by Gustav Mahler. * ''Zaubermarsch,'' a composition for orchestra written in 1990 by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero. * ''Surusoitto'' (''Funeral Music'') for organ, Op. 111b (1931), from "2 Pieces in memory of Akseli Gallen-Kallela", by Jean Sibelius. Examples in contemporary music include: * Part IX of Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond (''Wish You Were Here'', 1975) has been described as "a slow 4/4 funeral march... the parting musical eulogy to Syd ()"〔(Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here ), ''Sputnik Music'', January 2012〕 by David Gilmour. * Jelly Roll Morton's Dead Man Blues *Duke Ellington's Black and Tan Fantasy * Chico Buarque's "Funeral de um Lavrador" which appeared in the film adaptation of João Cabral de Melo Neto's ''Morte e Vida Severina.'' * The Protomen's "Funeral for a Son," the second track from their eponymous debut album. * Despite not being a literal funeral march, John T. Williams's "Imperial March," from the ''Star Wars'' films, retains many characteristics of one. * The Olympia Brass Band had a notable part in the 1973 James Bond movie ''Live and Let Die'' where they lead a funeral march for a victim assassinated during the march. Trumpeter Alvin Alcorn plays the knife wielding "baby-faced killer". * WWE professional wrestler The Undertaker entrance theme samples Chopin's funeral march. * Electronic music producer Deadmau5 is also using Chopin's funeral march theme in his song "Moar Ghosts 'n' Stuff". His track "Clockwork", sampled from Cygnus X - "Orange Theme", which itself uses the title music of the film A Clockwork Orange, which itself is an adaptation of Henry Purcell's ''Funeral March for Queen Mary''. * Funeral doom metal * Queen's "Procession" march, opening track from their second album, ''Queen II''. * American rapper and actor, Mos Def. From his 2004 album ''The New Danger'' has a song titled "BedStuy parade & Funeral March" although not a literal funeral march this song has some characteristics of dirge music * C418's Ward, includes the Funeral march as its intro in the popular game Minecraft. * UFX's "Dead" from the 2006 album "Crack" includes Chopin's Funeral March as its intro 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Funeral march」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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