Stabat Mater

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Stabat Mater is a choral-orchestral sacred work by Francis Poulenc that sets the traditional Latin text reflecting on the sorrow of the Virgin Mary at the Crucifixion.

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Stabat Mater canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
sacred choral-orchestral work
basedOn Stabat Mater sequence
catalogueNumber FP 148
completionYear 1950
composer Francis Poulenc
compositionYear 1950
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo memory of Christian Bérard
era modern classical music
genre choral music
orchestral music
sacred music
hasPart movement "Cujus animam gementem"
movement "Eia mater"
movement "Fac ut ardeat"
movement "Fac ut portem"
movement "Inflammatus et accensus"
movement "O quam tristis"
linked to: Stabat Mater hymn

movement "Quae moerebat"
movement "Quando corpus morietur"
movement "Quis est homo"
movement "Sancta mater"
movement "Stabat mater dolorosa"
movement "Vidit suum"
hasTheme Marian devotion
compassion and suffering
instrumentation orchestra
intendedVenue concert performance
sacred setting
key G minor
language Latin
liturgicalFeast Our Lady of Sorrows
liturgicalText Stabat Mater
movementCount 12
notableFor expressive contrast between austerity and lyricism
occasion memorial for Christian Bérard
period post-World War II
premiereYear 1951
religiousContext Roman Catholic
style 20th-century classical music
subject Crucifixion of Jesus
sorrow of the Virgin Mary
textAuthor traditional Latin liturgical text
textOpening Stabat mater dolorosa
textType liturgical sequence
vocalForces mixed chorus
soprano solo

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Francis Poulenc notableWork Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater (Poulenc) liturgicalText Stabat Mater
subject linked to: Stabat Mater