{"id":180,"date":"2013-06-26T10:02:22","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/?page_id=180"},"modified":"2014-01-08T17:26:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T17:26:11","slug":"funeral-music-and-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/funeral-customs\/funeral-music-and-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeral music and readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Words and music at funerals<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>At Maddock, we understand that both words and music have the power to evoke strong emotions at funerals. That\u2019s why they play such a key part at most services these days.<\/p>\n<h3>Speeches at the funeral<\/h3>\n<p>Generally in past years, eulogies were delivered by the local vicar or priest \u2013 but many families now prefer to themselves or close friends to speak about the person\u2019s life, read poems, or even read out\u00a0something the\u00a0deceased wrote themselves.<\/p>\n<h3>Music for the funeral<\/h3>\n<p>Rather than the traditional hymns, many people now prefer to have\u00a0a personal choice\u00a0of music\u00a0played at funerals. Interestingly, the songs chosen are increasingly more contemporary \u2013 and even light-hearted choices are now popular, to try and draw a smile rather than something sad to draw a tear. There\u2019s also a growing trend for live music such as bagpipes, Spanish guitars and jazz bands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words and music at funerals At Maddock, we understand that both words and music have the power to evoke strong emotions at funerals. That\u2019s why they play such a key part at most services these days. Speeches at the funeral Generally in past years, eulogies were delivered by the local vicar or priest \u2013 but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-third-level.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/180\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maddocks-funerals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}