Music and cremation rituals in The Netherlands:A fine-grained analysis of a crematorium’s playlist

Although music is an important part of cremation rituals, there is hardly any research regarding music and cremations. This lack of research has inspired the authors to conduct a long-range research project, focusing on musical and linguistic aspects of music played during cremations. This article presents the analysis of a playlist consisting of 25 sets of music, each consisting of three tracks, used in a crematorium in the south of the Netherlands from 1986 onwards. The main objective is to identify the differences and similarities of the 25 sets of musical tracks regarding content and music... Mehr ...