Stabat Mater (Haydn)

Stabat Mater
by Joseph Haydn
Portrait of Haydn, 1770
CatalogueHob. XXa:1
TextStabat Mater
LanguageLatin
Composed1767 (1767)
Performed17 March 1767 (1767-03-17)
Movements13
Vocalsoprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists and choir
Instrumental

Joseph Haydn's Stabat Mater, Hob. XXa:1, is a setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, written in 1767 for soloists, mixed choir and an orchestra of oboe, strings and continuo. The first performance is believed to have taken place on 17 March 1767 at the Esterhazy court.