Pergolesi, Stabat mater for Soprano, Alto, Strings and Basso continuo [KGA:BA7679]

Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista
Stabat mater for Soprano, Alto, Strings and Basso continuo
- The popular work is presented in a well researched Urtext edition

Edition no. BA07679
ISMN 9790006528844

Volume / Series
BÄRENREITER URTEXT

Editor
Bruno, Malcolm / Ritchie, Caroline

Language(s) of work
Latin

Language(s) of text
English, German

Product format
Score, Urtext edition

Instrumentation
Chant, Strings

Binding
Stapled

Pages / Format
XIII, 50 S. - 31,0 x 24,3 cm

The “Stabat mater”, composed shortly before Pergolesi’s untimely death at the early age of 26, quickly attracted attention. The work’s 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 work’s 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 work’s premiere. The findings have influenced the musical text; the details are described in the critical commentary.