Quote from: schweitzeralan on September 24, 2009, 05:13:19 AMI plan to have "Tapiola" played @my funeral.
Haha, interested in a new thread? Go ahead people, the day will come :D
Tapiola for funeral. Well..., I love it, but not for a funeral. I'm undecided what to choose. Hopefully I've got some 30 yrs until my funeral 8)
- The obvious, but good choice: Beethoven Eroica, Marcia Funebre
- Sibelius "In memoriam": Good one!
- Something out of the Fauré Requiem!
- Atterberg 5 Lento
- Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus "The bog", as some kind of "back to nature" theme.
I was also thinking about positive stuff.
- Sibelius Sym. No. 3, Andantino
I might go for some Feldman. Either that or some celebration music. I like it either peaceful or positively energetic.
Quote from: springrite on October 12, 2009, 07:20:28 AM
I might go for some Feldman.
"Madame Press Died Last Week at 90" would be perfect if it weren't for the title.
I don't plan on having a funeral.
Faure's "Pavane" (with or without chorus).
Quote from: corey on October 12, 2009, 07:22:37 AM
"Madame Press Died Last Week at 90" would be perfect if it weren't for the title.
I don't plan on having a funeral.
I can always change the title. How about "Mr. Yin died last year at 5th and Broadway at 101"?
Considering sometimes other people insist, and it will happen regardless of your wishes, I thought it better to make sure it goes the way I prefer it.
I've never been to a funeral - do audiences really expect to sit while lots of music plays, or would these classical-piece requests be considered tedious and unusual?
Anyway, my answer is hopfully: Arvo Pärt – Sarah Was Ninety Years Old.
Vaughan Williams 'Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus' (if it was good enough for him it is good enough for me ;D)
Strauss: Beim Schlafengehen.
I'll be dead, what do I care? :D
Quote from: DavidW on October 12, 2009, 08:21:51 AM
I'll be dead, what do I care? :D
Even better - you won't have to deal with the fallout of having made a room full of people listen to an entire Bruckner symphony 0:)
Quote from: DavidW on October 12, 2009, 08:21:51 AM
I'll be dead, what do I care? :D
I am sure there is a song of that title...
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Quote from: Lethe on October 12, 2009, 08:07:07 AMI've never been to a funeral - do audiences really expect to sit while lots of music plays, or would these classical-piece requests be considered tedious and unusual?
As not-too-loud music in the background it's not so unusual. "Waiting music", while people come in and before the pastor speaches. I've been at two funerals where its been done that way. One with Faure Requiem Introitus/Kyrie and the other I forgot. Oh, we're worldwide... I'm talking about christian funerals in western europe.
A friend of mine died at 37.. He wanted to have a Dire Straits track played, it lasted 6 Minutes, and it felt like hours. I think it was boring for a majority of the audience.
Quote from: Wurstwasser on October 12, 2009, 08:50:24 AM
As not-too-loud music in the background it's not so unusual. "Waiting music", while people come in and before the pastor speaches. I've been at two funerals where its been done that way. One with Faure Requiem Introitus/Kyrie and the other I forgot. Oh, we're worldwide... I'm talking about christian funerals in western europe.
A friend of mine died at 37.. He wanted to have a Dire Straits track played, it lasted 6 Minutes, and it felt like hours. I think it was boring for a majority of the audience.
Lady writer on the tv
Talk about the Virgin Mary?
Quote from: Szykniej on October 12, 2009, 08:54:14 AM
Lady writer on the tv
Talk about the Virgin Mary?
Hey that's one of my favorite songs! Oh man and Romeo and Juliet... man I need to pull out my Dire Straits cds... :)
Quote from: DavidW on October 12, 2009, 08:21:51 AM
I'll be dead, what do I care? :D
Agreed, but I have decided that Haydn's piano sonatas are the music I want to hear on my deathbed.
The first movement of Shostakovich's 9th symphony. That will people won't cry, but laugh, and it won't be so cliched. ::)
The Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus from Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps would be nice, but I'm an atheist, so we'll have to do something about the title. Finale, perhaps.
Funny, you're an atheist,... you're dead,... and you care?
As for me, it's the reason I got into classical music... Elliott Carter Elegy
If that isn't the perfect SQ/funeral parlour environment, I don't know what is.,... btw- the Arditti/Etcetera version is to be preferred.
Carter can be played at my funeral, since I'll be dead anyway.
I've often considered this question, despite not liking to think about my own death. After attending my father-in-law's funeral in September it's now my opinion that funerals are primarily for those who are left behind. Thus, I won't insist on specific music being played at my funeral because those in attendance may not, indeed probably will not, appreciate it as much as I do. But I might consider making some suggestions if/when I reach the old age where one begins planning his own funeral. 8)
The Stranglers - "Let Me Down Easy"
Haven't we done this thread before?
How about a 'What music you would like played when you make a thread about music for your funeral' thread? :P
Quote from: snyprrr on October 13, 2009, 09:12:06 AM
Funny, you're an atheist,... you're dead,... and you care?
Yes. I want people to be consoled and feel a bit better about it all, and music is a powerful emotional force. Plus it's a way for people to feel a little bit of my 'soul'.
The Maurerissche Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music) K.477 by Mozart is one that I want played at my funeral. (http://img250.imageshack.us/img250/9036/deatheo8.gif) Another would be Schubert's Ave Maria which is a popular choice for many a Viennese funeral here.
Quote from: Renfield on October 13, 2009, 01:59:16 PM
Haven't we done this thread before?
and the mourners are all singin'
as they drag you by your feet
but the hangman isn't hanging
and they put you on the street
Well, I definitely want my favorite Gerald Finzi song, Fear no more the heat of the sun. If you haven't heard it, take five minutes and listen now. Then you won't even have to make it to my funeral!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h06ng36TQgk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h06ng36TQgk)
Quote from: Keemun on October 13, 2009, 10:28:43 AM
I've often considered this question, despite not liking to think about my own death. After attending my father-in-law's funeral in September it's now my opinion that funerals are primarily for those who are left behind. Thus, I won't insist on specific music being played at my funeral because those in attendance may not, indeed probably will not, appreciate it as much as I do. But I might consider making some suggestions if/when I reach the old age where one begins planning his own funeral. 8)
I like to think about death...better do it now..
:) It was a profound moment in human history when the dead were first buried, and then buried with their personal effects, an important stage in the creation of a conscious self. How different those humans must have been from their immediate ancestors.
Quote from: secondwind on October 14, 2009, 07:40:57 PM
Well, I definitely want my favorite Gerald Finzi song, Fear no more the heat of the sun. If you haven't heard it, take five minutes and listen now. Then you won't even have to make it to my funeral!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h06ng36TQgk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h06ng36TQgk)
That's a wonderful song. I might like an instrumental work, though, such as the
Prelude for String Orchestra.
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Maybe there's too much development.
Quote from: snyprrr on October 13, 2009, 09:12:06 AM
Funny, you're an atheist,... you're dead,... and you care?
Quote from: Brian on October 13, 2009, 04:13:01 PM
Yes. I want people to be consoled and feel a bit better about it all, and music is a powerful emotional force. Plus it's a way for people to feel a little bit of my 'soul'.
He cares
now. This reminds me of the philosophical football coach who consoles his team after a loss by saying "In a hundred years it won't matter." and the equally philosophical player who responds "Why should I care about what doesn't matter in a hundred years?".
:)
Yes, Drogulus, I like the Prelude. In fact, I'm remembering how much I like Finzi. Maybe I'll add Regret not me to the funeral. Hey, it's my funeral, I might as well have what I want!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxj4zr65b4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIxj4zr65b4)