Edvard Grieg composed one of these pieces in homage to his friend Rikard Nordraak.
Edvard Grieg composed one of these pieces in homage to his friend Rikard Nordraak. The third movement of Beethoven's twelfth piano sonata unusually includes one of these pieces. Mahler began his fifth symphony with one of these pieces, and composed one based on the song "Frere Jacques" for the third movement of his first symphony. Charles Gounod composed a comic one about a (*) marionette. The most performed one by Chopin forms the third movement of his second piano sonata, while Beethoven broke with the classical tradition and composed one of these pieces as the second movement of the Eroica symphony. For 10 points, name these somber pieces of music composed to commemorate someone's death.
Edvard Grieg composed one of these pieces in homage to his friend Rikard Nordraak.
funeral march [or marche funèbre; or trauermarsch; prompt on "march"]