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Definition of Funeral march
1. Noun. A slow march to be played for funeral processions.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Funeral March
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, ..."