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Putting on the Ritz, Moscow flash mob-style

Show this to elders (and youngers) who love a good song and dance. See if this doesn't put a smile on their face.



I agree with Mary Hodge, who Read More 
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Patriotic and military funeral music

More samples of musical selections suitable for funerals and memorial services, of which this is my favorite:
Ashokan Farewell (this beautiful song performed by Jay Ungar And Molly Mason With Fiddle Fever is from the album Songs Of The Civil War
Amazing Grace (choices range from bagpipe music, The King's Own Scottish Borderers Military Band) to a more lyrical version sung by Sarah Brightman Read More 
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Classical music for funerals and memorial services

More links to samples of possible numbers to play at funerals and memorial services. Today:
• Albanoni, Tomaso. Albinoni’s Adagio (London Philharmonic; composed as Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ by Remo Giazotto, based on a fragment of a tune by Albinoni found in the ruins of the Dresden State Library, which was destroyed  Read More 
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Great funeral music (popular songs)

By popular request, I have linked to samples of popular secular music I've recommended for funerals and memorial services. These often nostalgic songs thypically work because they evoke the life and times of the person being celebrated. They're good for a stroll down memory lane when you're alive, too.  Read More 
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