What music would you want performed at your funeral/memorial ceremony/etc.?

Question

Not that I'd be there to hear it, but I'd love for my loved ones to hear the third movement of Chopins Third Piano Sonata. I would want people to remember me when they heard it. Does this sound selfish?
http://www.recitals.alexeisultanov.ru/Alexei_Sultanov_1995_13-th_Chopin_Piano_Competition/Sonate_N3_Mov_3.mp3

The music may take a while to download btw, but Alexei Sultanov plays it SO beautifully!

Answer 1

I would like "Pomp and Circumstance" (commonly known as the Graduation March) to be played as my casket was carried to the grave site. At some point in the funeral, I would like a recording of myself singing The Lord's Prayer to be played.

Answer 2

Ah, Ryan, what a superb question. it truly is demanding to elect really some favorites that were always missed, yet I nominate good right here: a million) Felix Mendelssohn's "Symphony No 2 " (Choral Symphony)...a most suitable artwork, fairly the choral area; yet eclipsed by his extra conventional works, it truly is seldom performed stay...sigh. 2) Edward Elgar's "Enigma differences", fairly the very transferring Nimrod area...merely impressive! frequently heard now really on Classical Radio call-in shows quite than on degree..what a loss. and do not get me began on the regrettably- missed track of yank composer Edward McDowel, that great track lyricist of twentieth century piano literature, (whos track is so nicely transcribable for traditional guitar, too). this is an illustration of the cases, i think, that many track directors throughout the U. S. and elsewhere have deliberately prevented the further accessible works (ie..sturdy melodic content) in desire of further esoteric compositions, labeling the former as really unsophisticated. nicely, if the track of Tchaikovsky and Dvorak is for the unsophisticated, then i wager i'd be sitting red-confronted interior the front row. Cliff (classic guitarist)

Answer 3

On Some Faraway Beach- Brian Eno
After the Goldrush- Neil Young
Lily of the Valley- Queen

Answer 4

Aerosmith,Audioslave,Eric Clapton,Red Hot Chili Peppers

Answer 5

Disco Inferno

Answer 6

Alan Jackson - I'd Love You All Over Again


Has it been ten years
Since we said "I do"
I've always heard marriage made one seem like two
But you're looking better than you did back then
You still make this old heart give in

And if I had it to do all over
I'd do it all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again

The preacher man said "Til death do us part"
That seemed like forever to a young man's heart
Now the days seem much shorter
The longer we love
And the memories just keep adding up

And if I had it to do all over
I'd do it all over again
If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again

If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin
I'd love you all over again

Answer 7

I always think about that and my choices change all the time...now I would like "Somewhere' by Barbra Streisand and something from Enya...her music is so angelic and would bring peace to those who attend my funeral....

Answer 8

'Never Too Late' by Michael Franti - this song just sums up my philosophy of life and is a song that means the world to me

Don't fear your best friends,
because a best friend will never try to do you wrong.
And don't fear your worst friends,
because a worst friend is just a best friend
that has done you wrong.
And don't fear the night time,
because the monster's know that you're devine.
And don't fear the sunshine,
because everything is better in the summer time,
summer time

(CHORUS)
And it's never too late to start the day over
It's never too late to pick up the phone
(pick up the phone and call me)
It's never too late to lay your head down on my shoulders
It's never too late to come on home,
come on home

And don't fear the water
coz u can swim inside you within your skin
And dont fear ur father,
coz a father's just a boy without a friend
And don't fear to walk slow,
don't be a horse race, be marathon
dont fear the long road,
coz on a long road,
u got a long time to sing a simple song

(CHORUS)

Let me hear you say Yo, say yo yo yo
say yo, say yo yo yo
say yo, say yo yo yo
say yo, say yo yo yo
And they'll be there

Don't fear ur teachers,
coz if u listen u can hear music in the school ground
And don't fear your preacher
if u can't find heaven in a prison cell
And dont fear your own self,
paying money to justify your worth
And dont fear your family,
because you chose them a long time before youur birth

(CHORUS)

Let me hear you say Yo, say yo yo yo
say yo, say yo yo yo
say Yo, say yo yo yo
say yo, say yo yo yo

And they'll be there

Go to your children, go to your children, go to your children, let em know, let em know, let em know

Answer 9

No I agree, I would pick songs that were special to me & help people remember me or at least my funeral.

I'd like Mr Blue Sky -ELO

Answer 10

No question, "Spirit in the Sky", by : Norman Greenbaum.