Funeral March of a Marionette

Charles Gounod

For clarinet and piano

Written in A minor, range E3 to G5

A puppet has broken, and the other puppets carry it to its grave in a solemn little procession. Halfway there, some of the mourners stop for a snack and a drink, then hurry to catch up. Gounod wrote this story into the score in 1872; Alfred Hitchcock later used the piece as the theme of his TV show.

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