Anonymous (Italy ca. 1500)
About the composer
A simple Stabat Mater from Italian origin, probably written before Palestrina. The composer is not known.
About the Stabat Mater
| Date: | ca. 1550 |
| Performers: | Mixed choir |
| Length: | 3.33 minutes |
| Particulars: | The Stabat Mater, one of the earliest many-voiced pieces, but written in a simple homophonic idiom. |
| Textual variations: | The text according to "Analecta" is used. Only 10 stanzas have been set to music, and the final "Amen" is omitted, too. |
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Information about the recording
| CD: | Erasmus WVH098: Ou Lit de Pleurs (The bed of tears) |
| More info: | This CD tries to paint a picture of the devotion for women in mediaeval and early renaissance times; devotion to Maria, too, but especially the courtly love, which often lead to heartbreak and tears. Recorded in the Geertekerk, Utrecht, Netherlands, March 1991. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands in 1998. |
| Choir: | Nederlands Kamerkoor |
| Conductor: | Paul van Nevel |
| Other works: | Anonymous: Ou lit de pleurs |
| Code: | 1998 (ANO ITA-01) |
