Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)

1736 composition by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

Stabat Mater (P.77) is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, composed by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi in 1736. Composed in the final weeks of Pergolesi's life, it is scored for soprano and alto soloists, violin I and II, viola and basso continuo. The autograph manuscript of the work is preserved in the Benedictine Abbey of Monte Cassino.

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