This setting contains four stanzas of the twenty stanzas of the sequence. After a short orchestral interlude, these four stanzas are repeated with "far-reaching variation". Its structure as a single continuous movement is unusual; most of Schubert's sacred works (not including masses) were composed as one movement divided into three sections. While settings of the Stabat Mater developed into a staple of concert music by the late 19th century, it is thought that this piece would have been performed for liturgical use in the Lichtental Church.

Date of composition 1815
First published 1888
Type Stabat Mater
Tonality G Minor
Catalogue D 175
Spoken language Latin
Instruments Chorus/Choir - SATB
Organ
Orchestra
Autotranslations beta Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater en sol mineur, D 175
Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater in sol minore, D 175
Franz Schubert: Stabat Mater g-moll, D 175