dead march

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As a dead march nothing like it had ever been attempted before.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he was draped with black crepe and, while the crowd stood silent and a band began a dead march, the gelding walked slowly around the full circuit of the track.

From Time Magazine Archive

For three and a half hours no character walks faster than a dead march or speaks faster than five words a minute.

From Time Magazine Archive

At twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, the black flag was removed from the inn window, the muffled drums beat, and the music played the same dead march as on the days of uttering the challenge.

From The Dead Boxer The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by Carleton, William

Standing before his door, he watched the procession as it passed up the street, preceded by the band playing a dead march, sometimes interrupted by a whining chant or dirge.

From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold