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Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predec ...
's Stabat Mater, Op. 58 ( B. 71), is an extended setting for vocal soloists, choir and orchestra of the 20 stanzas of the
Stabat Mater The Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Christian hymn to the Virgin Mary that portrays her suffering as mother during the crucifixion of her son Jesus Christ. Its author may be either the Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi or Pope Innocent III.Saba ...
sequence. Dvořák sketched the composition in 1876 and completed it in 1877. It has been characterized as a sacred cantata and as an
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, and consists of ten
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s of which only the first and the last are thematically connected. Its total performance time is around 85 minutes. The work was first performed in Prague in 1880. N. Simrock published Dvořák's Op. 58 in 1881. In 1882,
Leoš Janáček Leoš Janáček (, 3 July 1854 – 12 August 1928) was a Czech composer, Music theory, music theorist, Folkloristics, folklorist, publicist, and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian folk music, Moravian and other Slavs, Slavic music, includin ...
conducted a performance of the work in
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. The work was performed in London in 1883, and again, in the
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, in 1884, and thus played a crucial role in Dvořák's international breakthrough as a composer. In the 21st century the Stabat Mater continues to be Dvořák's best known, and most often performed, sacred work.


History

That Dvořák started to compose his Stabat Mater in February 1876 as a reaction to the death of his two-day-old daughter Josefa in August 1875 has often been told, but has been doubted in 21st-century scholarship. The sketch was written between 19 February and 7 May 1876, and was dedicated to František Hušpauer "as a souvenir to the friend of his young days." On 30 July Dvořák sent his manuscript to Vienna, accompanying an application for a scholarship by the Ministry of Culture and Education. He returned to the final stylisation of the composition in 1877, when his two surviving children died within a short time of each other. The definitive version of the score was written from October to 13 November 1877 in
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.


Music


Structure and scoring

The composer structured the Stabat Mater in ten
movements Movement may refer to: Generic uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Movement (sign language), a hand movement when signing * Motion, commonly referred to as movement * Movement (music), a division of a larger c ...
, and scored it for four vocal soloists,
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(S),
alto The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: '' altus''), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range. In four-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in ch ...
(A),
tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...
(T) and
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(B)), a four-part choir (
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) with sometimes
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voices, a symphony orchestra and
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. The orchestra features parts for two
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, two
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s,
cor anglais The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn (mainly North America), is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially ...
, two
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s in A, two
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s, four
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s (two in F, two in D), two
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s, three
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s,
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,
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and
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. The organ has an independent part accompanying the women's chorus in the fourth movement, but is not used otherwise. Similarly, a single solo phrase in the opening of the second movement is assigned to the
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, which is otherwise absent. Though not specified in the score, it can be played by one of the two oboists, as they are not playing during this section. The approximate duration of the work is 90 minutes. In the following table of movements, the movement number is followed by the beginning of the text, the stanzas set in the movement (counting three lines as one stanza), the vocal performers (choir and solo), the
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marking at the beginning,
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s and key. The symbol is used to denote
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(4/4).


Movements

The music is structured in ten movements which focus on different aspects of the poetry, depicting the suffering of Mary and the compassion of the person reflecting it in various shades of scoring, tempo and key. The music of the first and last movements shares
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s, framing the composition. The movements offer a rich variation in vocal scoring, from one solo voice to various combinations of solo voices, solo voice with choir, and choir alone. While nine movements remain in slow tempo and reflect Mary's suffering in compassionate meditation, the quicker final movement offers a vision of paradise.


1

The first movement, beginning "Stabat Mater dolorosa" (The sorrowful Mother stood y the cross, is a setting of the first four stanzas from the poem, scored for the choir, the quartet of soloists and the full orchestra. The movement is an extended
sonata form The sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical form, musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation. It has been used widely since the middle of t ...
in symphonic style. It opens with a long orchestral introduction, which is repeated with the choir. A contrasting second theme is introduced by the soloists. A development section leads to the return of the opening material.


2

The second movement is assigned to the quartet of soloists. Beginning "Quis est homo, qui non fleret" (What person would not weep), it is a setting of stanzas five to eight from the poem.


3

The third movement, a setting of the ninth stanza from the poem, "Eja, Mater, fons amoris" (Look at the mother, the source of love), resembles a funeral march for choir and orchestra.


4

The fourth movement is a solo for the bass singing the tenth stanza, "Fac, ut ardeat cor meum" (Make my heart burn). It is interrupted by short comments from the choir which is first a four-part women's choir (SSAA), later joined by the men, singing the eleventh stanza, "Sancta mater, istud agas" (Holy mother, make this).


5

The fifth movement, for the choir, sets the twelfth stanza, "Tui nati vulnerati" (Of your wounded son).


6

The sixth movement, setting the 13th and 14th stanzas, "Fac me vere tecum flere" (Make me really weep with you), is sung alternately by the solo tenor and a four-part men's choir.


7

The seventh movement is sung by the choir, at times
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. It is a setting of the 15th stanza, beginning "Virgo virginum praeclara" (Virgin pre-eminent among virgins).


8

The eighth movement is a
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for soprano and tenor soloists, setting the 16th and 17th stanzas, beginning "Fac, ut portem Christi mortem" (Grant that I may bear the death of Christ).


9

The ninth movement is a setting of the 18th and 19th stanzas for the solo alto, "Inflammatus et accensus" (Inflamed and afire).


10

The final movement sets the ultimate stanza, beginning "Quando corpus morietur" (When the body will die), then praying for the glory of
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for the soul ("paradisi gloria"). The movement recalls themes from the first movement and is set for the same forces It ends with an uplifting
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in a major key on the word "Amen".


Reception

The first performance of Dvořák's Stabat Mater took place on 23 December 1880 at the concert of the Association of Musical Artists in Prague. The performers included the operatic ensemble of the Czech Provisional Theatre, under the conductor
Adolf Čech Adolf Čech (born Adolf Jan Antonin Tausik; 11 December 184127 December 1903) was a Czech conductor, who premiered a number of significant works by Antonín Dvořák (the 2nd, 5th and 6th symphonies, more than any other conductor; other importan ...
, with the soloists Eleanora Ehrenbergů, Betty Fibich, Antonín Vávra and Karel Čech.
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conducted the work a year and half later, on 2 April 1882, in
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. A performance in
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soon ensued. The work was performed in London in 1883, and again, in the
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, in 1884, and thus played a crucial role in Dvořák's international breakthrough as a composer. In the 21st century the Stabat Mater continues to be Dvořák's best known, and most often performed, sacred work.


Score publications

In 1879 Dvořák suggested his Stabat Mater for publication to
Fritz Simrock Friedrich August Simrock, better known as Fritz Simrock (January 2, 1837 in Bonn – August 20, 1901 in Ouchy) was a German music publisher who inherited a publishing firm from his grandfather Nikolaus Simrock. Simrock is most noted for publishi ...
, but it wasn't until after the successful 1880 Prague première of the work that he got the publisher interested. Simrock suggested to change the original opus number (Op. 28) to a more recent number: the work was published as Dvořák's Op. 58 by the N. Simrock firm in 1881. The publication included a vocal score with a piano reduction by . Full score and vocal score were published by , in the Novello's Original Octavo Edition series, in 1883. In the second half of the 1950s the Stabat Mater was published as Vol. II/1 of (SAD, Complete Edition of Antonín Dvořák's Works): * The vocal score was published in 1956, with a piano reduction by . * The full score, edited by , appeared in 1958. wrote the preface of this edition. In
Jarmil Burghauser Jarmil Michael Burghauser (born Jarmil Michael Mokrý; 21 October 1921, Písek19 February 1997, Prague) was a Czech composer, conductor, and musicologist. Burghauser's parents were painters František Viktor Mokrý and Zdenka Burghauserová. He st ...
's
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of Dvořák's compositions the Stabat Matar was given the number B. 71. In 2004 there were two new vocal score editions of Dvořák's Stabat Mater: *
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published a vocal score based on Dvořák's 1876–1877 draft version, edited by Jan Kachlík and Miroslav Srnka. * revised Josef Zubatý's piano reduction, working away discrepancies with the orchestral score.
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published Joachim Linckelmann's arrangement of Dvořák's Stabat Mater for chamber orchestra in 2016. The vocal score published with this edition was Petra Morath-Pusinelli's revision of Josef Zubatý's piano reduction.


Recordings

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, Peter Dvorský,
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recorded that version in 2019, with pianist
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Antonin Dvořák / About the composer
stabatmater.info
Dvorák, Antonín / Stabat Mater op. 58 / Klaviersatz von Antonín Dvorák
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Kenneth Woods Kenneth Allen Woods (born 1968) is an American conductor, composer and cellist, resident in the UK. Early career Woods studied conducting at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His subsequent conducting mentors have includ ...

Explore the Score- Dvorak Stabat Mater
kennethwoods.net 20 December 2015 * Tess Crebbin

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