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 |