Stabat Mater (Pergolesi)

Stabat Mater
by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Autograph from the third movement
CatalogueP. 77
TextStabat Mater
LanguageLatin
Composed1736 (1736)
Movements12
Vocalsoprano and alto soloists
Instrumental

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.