ceremonial music
Formal occasion soundtrack
Ceremonial music is music composed or performed for formal occasions—weddings, funerals, coronations, graduations, religious rites.
The term emphasizes function over style: a brass fanfare at a state dinner and a dirge at a memorial service are both ceremonial music.
The orchestra played ceremonial music as the dignitaries entered.
- national anthemsOfficial patriotic compositions
- chantsRepeated rhythmic phrases
- requiemsFuneral musical compositions
- military bandsArmed forces musical groups
- Gregorian chantsMedieval Catholic liturgical melodies
sacred chant · psalms · hymns · wedding marches · bridal chorus · harvest songs · carillons · fanfares · canticles · call to prayer · patriotic songs · drum circle · ritual dances · tribal chants · marches · victory songs · battle hymn · odes
- Rwandan musicpraise songs
- weddingswedding, wedding dress, wedding cake, bride, groom
- military bandsmarching bands, marching band, brass bands, pipe bands, drum corps
- military musicdrum, drums, fife, bugle, bugles
- Pacific musicstring band, traditional chants, cultural fusion, ancestral stories, hula
- tribal musicdidgeridoo, tribal songs, tribal chant, drum circles, communal singing
ceremonial musicbackground music
Audio meant to accompany
elevator music · muzak · lounge music · ambient music · incidental music
ceremonial musicprivate practice
Independent professional business