O mater, dulcis mater, habeo quid dicam, O mother, dear mother, I have something to tell you. Thus the dialogue begins of Jesus on the cross with his mother Mary. It has been set to music by Wenzel Gunther Jacob, 1685 – 1734. A renowned composer, not only in his own country. Mr. Joop Volp, organ player …
Latest addition: Tyler Versluis
We just added the Stabat Mater by Tyler Versluis. It was composed for the Lenten season at Saint Matthew’s Anglican Church in Etobicoke, Canada in 2022. Like many other composers, his motivation behind composing a Stabat Mater lays in his desire to take part in a tradition, both religious and musical. The gorgeous settings of …
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New Stabat: Andries Clement
Mrs. Clement was kind enough to send us the CD with compositions by her late husband Andries Clement, a Dutch composer who was born in 1943. Clement studied choral conducting at the Amsterdam Conservatory and Musicology at the University of Utrecht. He was a teacher at the conservatories of Amsterdam and Zwolle. In 1975 he …
New Stabat by Antonio Nola
We just added the Stabat Mater by Antonio Nola, an Italian composer. He was born (1642) and died (1715) in Naples, Italy. He was taught, from the age of ten, at the Pietà dei Turchini, the local conservatory, led by Giovanni Salvatore, his teacher, who wrote a short, beautiful Stabat Mater himself. June 28, 1670, …
Stabat Mater, a novel by J. C. Smith
Until recently, I had never come across a novel with the title Stabat Mater where the Stabat Mater is an integral part of the story and its vision. Its author is John Clark Smith from Canada. He sent me two chapters of his manuscript. This is an ‘ekphrastic’ novel, an artistic approach in which literature, …
New: Juan Bautista Cansino
We just added the Stabat Mater from Juan Bautista Cansino (1854), one of seven Stabat Maters that Cansino composed. Juan Bautista Cansino was born ca 1826 in Malaga, Spain. After his death in 1897 all his sacred (94) and secular compositions fell into oblivion. Forgotten for a long time, he was again the subject of …
Stabat Mater translation in Konkani
Dukest Avoi dukan borit – the first line of the Stabat Mater poem in Konkani. The majority of the inhabitants of Goa, India, speak Konkani language. In 1510 the Portuguese conquered Goa and the conquerors were followed by the monks (Franciscan and Jesuits) and merchants. Christianisation started. The Stabat Mater text was translated into Konkani …
New: Gravina and Muscat from Malta
We are delighted to present two new composers, both with their roots in Malta: Euchar Gravina and Christopher Muscat. A special touch is that Muscat leads not only the performance of his own Stabat Mater but also Gravina’s. Ultimate Stabat Mater Website Foundation received the CDs as a kind donation from the Marketing Unit of …
Stabat Mater by Victor Kioulaphides
After three moving months, I finally have our Stabat Mater ready. The emotion cannot be described, it is something you feel, not what you say. …I’m happy, proud, but also speechless when this ‘baby’ will crawl for the first time… On the occasion of the world premiere of this baby in the Netherlands, countertenor Sytse …
