| Stabat Mater | |
|---|---|
| by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Pergolesi_Stabat_Mater_Autograph.jpg) Autograph from the third movement | |
| Catalogue | P. 77 |
| Text | Stabat Mater |
| Language | Latin |
| Composed | 1736 |
| Movements | 12 |
| Vocal | soprano and alto soloists |
| Instrumental | |
Stabat Mater (P.77)[1] is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736.[2] Composed in the final weeks of Pergolesi's life,[3] it is scored for soprano and alto soloists, violin I and II, viola and basso continuo.
The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino.
- ^ Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, 1710-1736 : a thematic catalogue of the Opera Omnia, with an appendix listing omitted compositions. Marvin E. Paymer (New York : Pendragon Press, 1977).
- ^ Sadie, Julie Ann (1998). Companion to Baroque Music. University of California Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780520214149.
- ^ Randel, Don M. (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. p. 681. ISBN 9780674372993.