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 our Ultimate Stabat Mater Website which started as a personal passion of Hans van der Velden in 1997. Now, 25 years later, we are an international knowledge platform for composers, musicians and music lovers about Stabat Mater items. On the website you can listen to seven centuries of Stabat Mater music, you will find the text of the Latin poem in more than 25 languages and read news updates about composers and artists inspired by the Stabat Mater. Next year we would love to publish an international – English language- version of the book. Therefore we started a crowdfunding on GoFundMe. The proceeds of this crowdfunding will be used to translate the Dutch text into English and to publish the book to make it available worldwide. At the moment we are looking for translators, editors and proofreader.
Are you a (professional) translator or editor and interested in Stabat Mater topics? Would you like to contribute to an international version of Stabat Mater Dolorosa? Please watch the video of the book presentation (with English subtitles) and contact us! Thank you very much!