Lament |
Monody |
Requiem |
Threnody |
Sad song |
Down tune |
Sad music |
Sad piece |
Sad psalm |
Gloomy air |
Doleful air |
Morose song |
Somber tune |
Gloomy tune |
Somber song |
Solemn song |
Dreary sound |
Obsequy song |
Solemn music |
Funeral hymn |
Funeral song |
Elegiac music |
Funeral notes |
Somber melody |
Unhappy music |
Funeral music |
Hymn of grief |
Doleful ditty |
Mourning song |
Mournful tune |
Passing notes |
Mournful song |
Funereal piece |
Funeral lament |
Funereal music |
Slow, sad song |
Song of sorrow |
Mournful piece |
Musical lament |
Song of lament |
Mournful music |
Sorrowful song |
Plaintive piece |
Mournful melody |
Melancholy music |
Song of mourning |
Dies Irae" is one |
Scottish coronach |
Slow march, maybe |
Music for mourners |
Hardly a peppy tune |
Lament for the dead |
Expression of grief. |
Bagpipe music, maybe |
Mournful composition |
Strains with sadness |
Bagpipe music, possibly |
O Captain! My Captain!," e.g. |
Musical introduction to a eulogy |
Tune you're unlikely to dance to |
Music unlikely to be played at a party |
Tennyson's "Break, Break, Break," e.g. |