Track 1033/3Funeral March
Paul Mottram (PRS) From the album Military, War, FanfaresMilitary band arrangement of Chopin's Funeral March
Cue Sheet Information
Artists & ComposersPaul Mottram (PRS)100%
PublishersAudio Network Rights Limited (PRS)100%
ISWCT0111241805
ISRCGB-FFM-02-03303
Release Year2002
Musical Features
KeyBbm/A#m
Metre4/4
Tempo53 BPM
Tempo notesVery Slow
FactoidChopin wrote this as a Piano Sonata (number 2). He wrote the piece after hearing of an artist, Polignac, who had a skeleton seated at his piano. Chopin asked him to bring the skeleton to dinner, and wrote the piece that evening.