Antonin dvoraks impressive stabat mater for soloists, chorus and orchestra is probably the bestknown of the composers sacred works. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. Stabat mater nikolaus harnoncourt conducts the arnold schoenberg choir and chamber orchestra of europe 0. Pdf scanned by madcapellan madcapellan 2010714 editor antonin cubr 19041988 pub lisher. In 1997 i created the ultimate stabat mater website for hans with the program frontpage. From beginning to end, this is the most beautiful and most real recording of this work, the wonderful stabat mater by dvorak. The hymn title means stood the mother, full of grief.
The only stabat mater i know really well is the one written by dvorak. Among all stabat maters ever set to music by various composers over the centuries this one holds a special place as the most symphonic one and as the one that was the most. Stabat mater dolorosa bars 68 167 stabat mater dolorosa bars 200 381 eia mater tenor i eia mater tenor ii fac ut ardeat cor meum tui nati vulnerati fac me vere tecum flere tenor i fac me vere tecum flere tenor ii virgo virginum praeclara quando corpus morietur tenor i. The impetus for composing the stabat mater, opus 58, was dvorak s reaction to the tragic death of his baby daughter, josefa.
The piece was last heard at the rudolfinum just three months earlier, staged by the czech philharmonic as an emotional farewell to the orchestra. Stabat mater english translation the ultimate stabat. The author has chosen this stabat mater because of its beauty and because, as yet, no work by pergolesi has been analyzed by a graduate student of the eastman school of music. I first became interested in this stabat mater when i was preparing to sing the duet fac, ut portem christi mortem in this work. Loop ab end loop in 2019 cd baby deleted all cyberbass titles from their mp3 catalog. Peters this cd includes the choral sections of the work at the normal performance tempo and tracks for the more difficult and fast sections at a slower studyspots tempo, immediately followed by the same section at performance tempo. Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius. The composer chose key moments of the latin medieval stabat mater poem which is traditionally part of the good friday liturgy to depcit a transition from mourning to lifeaffirming trust. History section he began the composition of stabat mater in 1875, six months after the death of his daughter, josefa, who was only two days old, referenced to dotsey 2018 and vaughan 2005. Stabat mater, a latin hymn that can also be recited in prayer, immerses us in the blessed mothers intense sorrow at seeing her beloved son, our lord jesus christ, dying on the cross in his passion so that we might have eternal life. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta mater unigeniti. Stabat mater dolorosa latin text whitstable choral society. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to. His three children had died and in his grief he retreated to this work, it became the longest stabat mater in existence.
Cuyus animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem, pertransivit gladius. Stabat mater in c minor astorga, emanuele stabat mater in d major anonymous stabat mater in d minor matta, joao da stabat mater in dolore mundi militello, sergio stabat mater in f minor, op. The most familiar romantic period stabat mater settings are by verdi, dvorak and rossini the title, stabat mater, is abbreviated for the first line of the poem. As several versions of the stabat mater exist, these variations in the latin text are given per line. A history of the stabat mater and an analysis of the. Stabat mater marco frisina sheet music, music books.
This shopping feature will continue to load items when the enter key is pressed. Print and download in pdf or midi stabat mater antonin dvorak 18411904. Its title comes from its first line in latin stabat mater dolorosa roughly translated the sorrowful. Stabat mater stabat mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat filius. Some painful experiences in 1875 his first daughter died, and in 1877 he lost two other children in quick succession may have led to dvoraks preoccupation with the suffering of the mother of god, who stands weeping beneath the cross of her son. Stabat mater dolorosa bars 68 167 stabat mater dolorosa bars 200 381 eia mater tenor i eia mater tenor ii fac ut ardeat cor meum tui nati vulnerati fac me vere tecum flere tenor i fac me vere tecum flere tenor ii virgo virginum praeclara quando corpus morietur tenor i quando corpus morietur tenor ii. The stabat mater, based on the prophecy by simeon in luke 2. By bavarian radio choir and symphony orchestra, christian elsner, erin wall, liang li, michael glaser, and mihoko fujimura. Both dvorak and vanhal set this first line for chorus. Caswall or caswell some doctoring has been done and for some lines of the translation several completely different versions exist. It is a powerfully moving piece, quite depressing but eventually the. Stabat mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lacrimosa dum pendebat filius. The original sketch was written in early 1876, but was discontinued because of the composers other obligations at that time.
It is based upon the prophecy of simeon that a sword was to pierce the heart of our lords mother, mary. Stabat mater, religious works, masses, sequences, for 4 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra, for voices and chorus with orchestra, scores featuring the voice, scores featuring the soprano voice, scores featuring the alto voice, scores featuring the tenor voice, scores featuring the bass voice, scores featuring mixed chorus, scores featuring the. Dvorak, sawallisch, czech philharmonic stabat mater. Quae moerebat et dolebat, pia mater, dum videbat nati poenas incliti. Stabat mater dolorosa the greatest latin hymn of all time. The purpose of this thesis is to trace the history of the stabat mater dolorosa and to analyze in detail the musical setting by giovanni b. Rehearsal recordings to help learn your voice part soprano, alto, tenor, bass are. Home university of southern california dissertations and theses dvorak s stabat mater. Stabat mater dolorosa juxta crucem lacrimosa, dum pendebat filius. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta mater unigeniti, quae maerebat et dolebat, pia mater, dum videbat nati poenas incliti. Stabat mater dolorosa is considered one of the seven greatest latin hymns of all time. Original text and translations may be found at stabat mater.
Pdf flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon religious sacred license. Stabat mater antonin dvorak at the petrucci music library imslp view the wikipedia article on stabat mater antonin dvorak. Close now that you have this pdf score, members artist are waiting for a feedback from you in exchange of this free access. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. The most popular vocal scores for dvoraks stabat mater are shown below. It has been characterized as a sacred cantata and as an oratorio, and consists of ten movements of which only the first and the last are thematically connected. Cuius animam gementem contristatam et dolentem pertransivit gladius. The stabat mater is the earliest of the four compositions on latin texts mentioned above.
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