Stabat Mater

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Stabat Mater is a sacred choral composition setting the medieval Latin hymn about the Virgin Mary's sorrow at the Crucifixion, famously rendered in polyphonic style by Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical setting of hymn
sacred choral composition
associatedDoctrine Marian devotion
Passion of Christ
associatedWith Our Lady of Sorrows
Seven Sorrows of Mary
linked to: Mysteria Dolorosa
category Christian hymns
Latin hymns
Marian hymns
centuryOfTextOrigin 13th century
devotionalFocus compassion with the suffering of Mary
firstLineTranslation The sorrowful Mother was standing
genre sequence
hasForm rhymed couplets
hasLanguage Latin
includedIn Breviary devotions
Roman Missal (historically as a sequence)
linked to: Missale Romanum
influence Catholic liturgical music
Western sacred music
inspiredWorkBy Antonio Vivaldi
Antonín Dvořák
Arvo Pärt
Francis Poulenc
Franz Joseph Haydn
linked to: Joseph Haydn

Gioachino Rossini
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Karol Szymanowski
Krzysztof Penderecki
invokes intercession of the Virgin Mary
liturgicalOccasion Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
Lenten devotions
liturgicalUse Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
meter trochaic
numberOfStanzas 20
openingWords Stabat mater dolorosa
requests grace at the hour of death
sharing in Christ’s Passion
rhymeScheme trochaic tetrameter
subject Virgin Mary
textAuthor Jacopone da Todi
textType medieval Latin hymn
theme sorrow of Mary at the Crucifixion of Jesus
timeOfCrucifixionFocus standing by the cross of Jesus
tradition Franciscan spirituality
usedIn Stations of the Cross devotions
processions

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