Halo Sheet Music: Stabat Mater in Full Score [Paperback] Review

This score is a reprint of an edition prepared by Alfred Einstein, mostcelebrated as author of the important study "Mozart: His Character,His Work" (1945).Dover's title page states that it is "editedfrom the autograph manuscript," but gives no further details (i.e., nocritical commentary [assuming Einstein provided one], nor even the originaldate of publication).However, a translation of the Latin text is givenimmediately before the score.
The score is given in a clear, legibleformat and should be useful to lovers of Pergolesi's masterpiece, which wasan immediate hit in the 18th century (not that it did Pergolesi much good;he died the year it was completed, at age 26) and inspired scores ofadaptations, including one by J.S. Bach.The music foreshadowspost-Baroque trends such as Rococco ("Quae moerebat et dolebat,"No. 4, is a case in point). A good and inexpensive edition.

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Considered by many Pergolesi's greatest work, the Stabat Mater is a setting of a medieval Latin poem about the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at Christ's crucifixion. Scored for soprano, alto and strings, it is music of transcendent beauty and poignancy. A staple of the repertoire, this Italian Baroque masterpiece is reproduced here in an inexpensive, authoritative edition. Text and English translation.

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