Instrumental Funeral music
  • AP23AP23
    Posts: 119
    Hello,

    I am looking for instrumental organ funeral music to expand my library. Any suggestions?
  • Marc Cerisier
    Posts: 517
    I often play 'The Peace May Be Exchanged' from Ruberics by Dan Locklair.

    When used I always will have at least one person come and request it for their funeral.
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  • Protasius
    Posts: 468
    I like to play the partita on "Ach wie nichtig ach wie flüchtig" by Georg Böhm for funerals.
  • R J StoveR J Stove
    Posts: 302
    If you're allowed to play the organ at a funeral, O Mensch Bewein Dein Sünde Gross from Bach's Orgelbüchlein can be wonderfully effective.
  • hartleymartin
    Posts: 1,447
    Strictly speaking, instrumental solo music is not permitted at requiem masses. However, I can see a case for allowing quieter, solemn music for pastoral reasons.
  • R J StoveR J Stove
    Posts: 302
    I thought that such music was in fact permitted at Requiem Masses in the OF?
  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 944
    Technically, no, it's not. Funerals have the same rules for instrumental music (only used to accompany singing) as the rubrics for Lent.

    That said, pick up Gerald Near's St. Augustine Organbook. There is a great setting of both the Requiem and the In Paradisum in there. Both pretty easy, too.
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  • jim19130
    Posts: 12
    And so we can fall back on the widely accepted justification for instrumental music at funerals, lent and advent by playing such music before and after the Mass, right?
  • Spriggo
    Posts: 122
    I'll do it - TWO YEARS
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  • CharlesW
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    So it took two years to reach this conclusion? LOL. I haven't seen any documentation that states instrumental music is banned in the OF for funerals, only during Lent. Accompanying singing is allowed.
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