Stabat mater for Soprano, Alto, Strings and Basso continuo, Giovanni Pergolesi. Vocal Score

The 'Stabat mater', composed shortly before Pergolesis untimely death at the early age of 26, quickly attracted attention. The works importance was soon so great that none other than Johann Sebastian Bach performed a German version of the work based on the 51st Psalm. Numerous copies, prints and arrangements attest to the works vast popularity, a popularity that still exists today.

For the present edition, the autograph was for the first time compared to a very early Neapolitan score that is presumably based on the parts from the works premiere. The findings have influenced the musical text; the details are described in the critical commentary.

- The popular work is presented in a well researched Urtext edition
- Clear, idiomatic piano reduction

·Introduction
·Einführung
·Composer / Author:Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista

Stabat mater for Soprano, Alto, Strings and Basso continuo:

Instrumentation:Soprano solo, Alto solo, Violin (2), Viola, Basso continuo (Violoncello, Double bass, Organ)
·1. Stabat mater dolorosa
·2. Cuius animam gementem
·3. O quam tristis et afflicta
·4. Quae maerebat et dolebat
·5. Quis est homo
·6. Vidit suum dulcem natum
·7. Eia, mater, fons amoris
·8. Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
·9. Sancta mater, istud agas
·10. Fac, ut portem Christi mortem
·11. Inflammatus et accensus
·12. Quando corpus morietur