Definition of Funeral march

1. Noun. A slow march to be played for funeral processions.

Exact synonyms: Dead March
Generic synonyms: Processional March, Recessional March

Lexicographical Neighbors of Funeral March

funebrial
funebrious
funemployed
funemployment
funeral
funeral-director
funeral-home
funeral-parlor
funeral-residence
funeral chapel
funeral church
funeral director
funeral directors
funeral home
funeral homes
funeral march (current term)
funeral parlor
funeral parlors
funeral parlour
funeral pyre
funeral rites
funeral sermons
funeral undertaker
funeralist
funeralists
funeralize
funeralized
funeralizes
funeralizing
funerals

Literary usage of Funeral march

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1878)
"Govr Winthrop was at the Funeral. March, 4. 169f Foy arrives, came out of Fay mouth in November, in him comes an Assistant [Rev. Christopher Bridge] to Mr. ..."

2. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer, Hermann Deiters, Hugo Riemann (1921)
"... the Ballet "Prometheus"—Stephan von Breuning— Hetzendorf—"Christus am Olberg"—Compositions and Publications of the Year—The funeral march in the Sonata, ..."

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