Stabat Mater

Stabat Mater is a Roman Catholic hymn of the 13th century, attributed to Jacopone da Todi, that meditates on the suffering of Mary, mother of Jesus during his crucifixion. The title is an abbreviation of the first line, Stabat mater dolorosa ("The sorrowful mother was standing"). Stabat mater remains perhaps the most powerful and immediate medieval Latin poem, the classic expression of a newly internalized piety that involved— to an unprecedented degree— sentiment, personal imagination and a new empathy in the individual' Christian's relation to the Passion.

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Roman Catholic - Hymn - 13th century - Jacopone da Todi - Mary, mother of Jesus - Crucifixion - Empathy - Passion

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It has been put to music by many composers, among them Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Gioacchino Rossini, Antonín Dvořák, Krzysztof Penderecki and Karol Szymanowski. Stabat mater was one of Giuseppe Verdi's last compositions, his Quattro Pezzi Sacri ("Four Sacred Pieces"), 1898.

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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi - Gioacchino Rossini - Antonín Dvořák - Krzysztof Penderecki - Karol Szymanowski - Giuseppe Verdi's last compositions

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