Stabat Mater
The Stabat Mater, which words translate from their Latin to mean “the mother stood,” descends to us today from a 13th-century poem of Italian provenance.
The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to the Virgin Mary that portrays her suffering as mother during the crucifixion of her son Jesus Christ. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III. The title comes from its first line, "Stabat Mater dolorosa", which means "the sorrowful mother was standing".
The hymn is sung at the liturgy on the memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. The Stabat Mater has been set to music by many Western composers.
Excerpts from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabat_Mater
Stabat Mater Dolorosa
YouTube Channel: Militia Immaculatae
With Latin and English text on screen with beautiful paintings from the Masters
Stabat Mater
- Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann
“Stabat Mater” is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736. It is scored for soprano and alto soloists, violin I and II, viola and basso continuo.
Pergolesi composed it during his final illness from tuberculosis in a Franciscan monastery in Pozzuoli, along with a Salve Regina setting, and finished it shortly before he died. The Stabat Mater is one of Pergolesi's most celebrated sacred works, achieving great popularity after the composer's death.
Excerpts from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabat_Mater_(Pergolesi)
Indulgence
To the Stabat mater was attributed the indulgence of 100 days each time it was recited