What are some sad classical music songs?

Question

I'm doing a video project and we need some sad classical music to put into it.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Albinoni's Adagio in G
Barber's Adagio for strings
Mahler's Adagietto from his 5th Symphony
Gorecki -Symphony No3 .Sorrowful Songs
often crop up in this context
I'm assuming by "song" you mean piece rather than actual singing, most people posting, wishing to know more about classical music seem to use "song" for everything.
You should find examples of all of those on Youtube

Answer 2

If your piece has a climax, Barber's Adagio would be a good 'song' to use (see above answer for why you shouldn't use that word so often). You might also like Rachmaninoff's 'Vocalize', which is closer to a song as it is written for a vocalist. It's really an étude without words. You can find it in his opus 34, number 14. Others I'd recomend:
Second Movement of Shostakovich's Second Piano Concerto;
Bach's Passacaglia & Fugue in C Minor; Beethoven's Sonata No. 17, movement III;
Ravel's Pavane pour une Infante Défunte;
any of Chopin's nocturnes or waltzes in minor keys;
Fauré's Pavane;
Neptune and Saturn, from Holst's 'Planets';
Mozart's 20th Piano Concerto, 25 & 40th Symphonies;
Rachmaninoff's Etude-Tableau No. 2 in C Minor from opus 33;
Schumann's Romanze, from Faschingsschwank aus Wien;
Parts of Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique' Symphony, number 6 in B minor;
the second movement of Dvorak's String Serenades, Menuetto;
the sixth movement of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances opus 46, Sousedská.

Answer 3

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What are some sad classical music songs?
I'm doing a video project and we need some sad classical music to put into it.

Thanks :)

Answer 4

Wiegenlied (Cradle Song) by Schubert. If you listen carefully to the words, it's a mother singing at her infant's grave.

Mahler's Kindertotenlieder - Songs on the death of children

Schubert's Erlking is both sad and frightening

Answer 5

You could use pieces from Ravel, like Pavane pour une Infante Défunte. You could also use Bruch's Violin Concerto Movement I.

Answer 6

Beethoven wrote a lot of dark pieces. You probably know the first movement of his "Moonlight Sonata". Also, his Piano trio No. 4 in D Major, Largo Assai Ed Espressivo.

Answer 7

elegy for a young american is an awsome one

Answer 8

Anything they play on
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