The Ultimate Stabat Mater Website began as a personal passion of Hans van der Velden in 1997. Now, almost 30 years later, you can listen to seven centuries of Stabat Mater music, find the text of the Latin poem in more than thirty languages, and read news updates about composers and artists inspired by the Stabat Mater. To ensure the website’s continuation, we established a foundation in 2020, providing a global knowledge platform for music lovers, musicians, and composers interested in compositions based on the 13th-century Latin poem.
In 2024 the English translation of the book Stabat Mater Dolorosa – A Journey Through Seven Centuries of Music was published and is available on Amazon. We have also launched a Stabat Mater Forum to further establish our site as a global platform. Every week, we discover new Stabat Mater compositions and add them to our website and YouTube channel.
How to support us?
We rely entirely on donations to maintain and continue our website. Your support is invaluable to us.
Here’s how you can help:
- Purchase our book, Stabat Mater Dolorosa, a journey through seven ages of music;
- Subscribe to our YouTube channel (it’s free!)
- Sign up for our newsletter;
- Participate in discussions on our forum;
- Make a donation via credit card or PayPal
