A few years ago, it was my dear grandson Guido who persuaded me to start a real YouTube channel, to promote the Stabat Mater collection. So, in January 2020 we …
Translators, editors, proofreaders wanted!
In March 2022 the Ultimate Stabat Mater Website Foundation published the book, in Dutch, Stabat Mater Dolorosa – a journey through seven ages of music. It covers the story of …
Unique Stabat Mater Music Calendar 2023
Our latest project is a unique Stabat Mater calendar for composers, musicians and music lovers. Listen to a Stabat Mater composition through a QR code every month! Twelve recordings of …
Johann W. von Goethe and Stabat Mater
Almost everyone of us must have heard about the German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his famous work Faust, I suppose. But who did actually know that Goethe in this …
Stabat Mater: long and short
People who are familiar with Stabat Mater generally know that Antonin Dvořák composed a Stabat Mater of ninety minutes, the longest Stabat Mater ever. But did you know that the …
New: Partridge and Lutz
We just added two modern Stabat Mater compositions: Martin Lutz (2007) and Philip Partridge (2015). …Listening to Lutz Stabat you almost forget that the story is about the dreadful suffering …
New Stabat Mater by Richard Prior
…The Ultimate Stabat Mater website is a wonderful resource for scholars, composers, musicians, academics, theologians, lovers of music who appreciate the subject matter – the list is endless! I applaud …
Latest additions: Sharafyan, Näther and Argüello
We just added three Stabat Mater composers to our Ultimate Stabat Mater Website. The first one by Vache Sharafyan from Armenia, has been composed for male choir and mezzo-soprano. Mr. …
Website about Jacopone da Todi
The monk Jacopone da Todi (ca. 1228-1306) is named as one of the most probable poets of the Stabat Mater poem. In 2021 I visited Mr. Claudio Peri in the …
Farewell dialogue Mary and Jesus
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 …
