Funeral blues
| Song Title | Funeral blues (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Barking; Black; Blues; Bones; Cabarets; Clocks; Coffins; Dead; Dogs; Doves; Drums; Dying; East; Forever; Funerals; Gloves; Grieving; Juicy; Lamenting; Love; Midnight; Moaning; Moon; Mourners; Necks; Noon; North; Oceans; Pianos; Processing; Rest; Sadness; Silence; Sky; Songs; South; Stars; Stopping; Sun; Sunday; Talk; West; White; Woods; Wrong |
| First Line | Stop all the clocks, cutt off the telephone (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1937 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Cabaret Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/2nDLt5q7nDmDKaC7jlo4xf |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Cabaret Songs, no. 2 (Search) |
| Range: | C4 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Hedli Anderson (Written for, not dedicated to) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Britten-Benjamin-Cabaret-Songs-for-Medium-Voice-Piano/616916 (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |