Chopin Funeral March (Arr. for Organ)

From his Sonata, Op. 35. Chopin composed his famous funeral march a few years before writing his second sonata. He wrote the other three movements so it would fit around the sonata thematically and harmonically.

Chopin's own funeral was held at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, France. The pieces that were played at the funeral were his Preludes Nos. 4 and 6 (with Franz Liszt as the organist), parts of Mozart's Requiem, and his very own Funeral March.

The main reason I posted this video was because I realized that there weren't any good quality videos of this piece on an organ. Though there were great preformances, the sound of the organ isn't easy to capture on a video camera.

Played by: Yves Rechsteiner

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Chopin
• funeral
• march
• organ
• classical
• piano

[TheLurker101]

1:30, is that Chopin's hand?

[Sword1479]

@TheLurker101 It's a cast of his hand.

[embassyhotel]

You gotta be pretty baked to listen to this! No wonder people are committing suicide left & right. Suicide is self expression.

[Sword1479]

@embassyhotel You should listen to Shostakovich's String Quartet no. 8. He wrote it while contemplating suicide.

[SeverinadeStrango]

I play the Chopin funeral march on the piano

[Sword1479]

@SeverinadeStrango That's how it's supposed to be played.

[TheDufase19089]

Here is my wedding music

[TheDufase19089]

@AnOrganCornucopia Yeup, kinda why i want it at my wedding :D 

[r751712]

Wspaniałe! Dobrze dobrane głosy, odpowiednie tempo, a organy mają brzmienie na zabój!

[Pairjira]

Sounds beautiful! Just add a couple of tolls from the bell and you get the Undertaker's theme!

[malfunctiondown]

I bet the top commenter's committed suicide after they wrote that. :I

[jigoku66]

@TheDufase19089

You sound like Uncle Fester.