Anonymous (Naples)
About the composer
These pseudopolyphonic Stabat Maters (falsibordoni) were probably first sung in villages in southern Italy on the Friday before Palm Sunday. Nowadays the Feast of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin – 15 September – is the most important date. Nothing is known about who composed these Stabat Maters. They probably origin from early medieval times. Often they are sung by the villagers during processions where the songs were performed beside the shrines of the villages, acting like the stations. Performances by religious brotherhoods of polyphonic Stabat Maters of this kind can also be found on the islands of Corsica and Sardinia. The Italian musicologist Dinko Fabris, who is very interested in the old brotherhoods of Italy and their music, wrote a book about them: Le confraternite dell’Italia Meridionale e la tradizione dello ‘Stabat Mater’ prima e dopo Pergolesi.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1400-1600 (1) |
| Performers: | Soprano, Tenor |
| Length: | 2.35 minutes |
| Particulars: | A simple intonation of the Stabat Mater for two voices. |
| Textual variations: | Only stanzas 1, 2, 9 and 20 are performed. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | Alpha 009: Musica napoletana per la festa della Vergine dei Sette dolori |
| More info: | This CD tries to paint a picture of the festivities that took place in the streets of Naples in the 18th century during processions hold in honor of the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows, on the Friday before Palm Sunday. Recorded in Paris, February 2000. |
| Soloists: | Patrizia Bovi, Soprano |
| Other works: | Anonymous: Tarantella |
| Code: | PER 03 |
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About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | 1400-1600 (2) |
| Performers: | Soprano, Tenor , Bass and Choir |
| Length: | 7.47 minutes |
| Particulars: | This Stabat Mater à trois voix (for three voices), based on a manuscript found in Monopoli, is performed in a mixed form with a Stabat Mater based on a manuscript from Santoro. |
| Textual variations: | Only stanzas 1, 2, and 20 are performed in the three-voice Stabat, each stanza sung twice. The choir sings the other Stabat (only the first stanza) as a kind of chorus before and between the stanzas by the soloists. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | Alpha 009: Musica napoletana per la festa della Vergine dei Sette dolori |
| More info: | This CD tries to paint a picture of the festivities that took place in the streets of Naples in the 18th century during processions hold in honour of the Virgin of the Seven Sorrows, on the Friday before Palm Sunday. Recorded in Paris, Februari 2000. |
| Choir: | Les Pages de la Chapelle |
| Conductor: | Olivier Schneebell |
| Soloists: | Patrizia Bovi, soprano |
| Other works: | Anonymus: Tarantella |
| Code: | PER-03 |
