Stabat mater
Viennese version
by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
4-Part - Sheet Music

SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 3 trombones, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo

SKU: CA.9700312

Viennese version. Composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi. Edited by Martin Haselbock. Arranged by Ignaz Xaver Ritter von Seyfried, Joseph Leopold Eybler, and Otto Nicolai. Stabat Mater (Satb Arr.Salieri) Spira. Sacred vocal music, Lent and Passiontide, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Single Part, Violin 2. Composed 1736/1800/1843. 16 pages. Duration 35 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 97.003/12. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.9700312).

ISBN 9790007238766. Language: Latin.

Following his death, Pergolesi's last larger composition, the "Stabat Mater" of 1736, immediately became one of the most popular sacred works of the late baroque-early classical era. Numerous publications made this icon of Italian sacred music known throughout Europe. It was arranged by, among others, J. S. Bach ("Tilge, Hochster, meine Sunden", BWV 1083), J. A. Hiller and Abbe Vogler. The most popular arrangement was the one made around 1800 for the Vienna Court Kapelle, in which Antonio Salieri, Franz Xaver Sussmayr and I. X. Ritter von Seyfried added woodwind instruments and obbligato trombones to the string accompaniment. In addition the 2-part texture of the upper voices in the original was arranged for 4 parts with obbligato soli. It was only in this opulent, sonorous version, which Otto Nicolai and three composer colleagues offered to 19th century Viennese music lovers. The piece is of medium difficulty. In the Viennese version it is a rarity that offers an enrichment to the repertoire for choirs wishing to discover something new. Score and part available separately - see item CA.9700300.