This text titles the first recording of music from the Eton Choirbook by Harry Christophers and the Sixteen, which collects settings of it by Richard Davy and John Browne. Four soloists perform against only a choir in the second section of a modal Karol Szymanowski (“KAR-ol shih-mah-NOFF-skee”) setting of the “Analecta” version of this text in Polish. The Order of Friars Minor commissioned Alessandro Scarlatti’s two voice, two violin, and continuo setting of this 20-stanza text, which was likely written by a Franciscan in the 13th century. Shortly before dying of tuberculosis at age 26, an Italian composer set a highly ornamented version of this hymn in C minor scored for soprano, alto, two violins, viola, and organ continuo; that setting of this hymn was completed after its composer’s opera La serva padrona. For 10 points, Giovanni Pergolesi composed an Italian setting of what hymn about Mary watching the Crucifixion? ■END■
ANSWER: Stabat Mater [or Stabat Mater dolorosa]
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