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This edition of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater" is characterized by new insights and a high degree of practicality.
The new Urtext edition of the Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, which was published by Bärenreiterverlag. The underlying research results are based on the comparison of the autograph with a very early Neapolitan score, which is presumably based on the parts of the first performance material. The findings are explained in detail in the Critical Report. Particularly relevant for use is the simple, easy-to-play setting of the piano reduction, which does justice to the music in every respect.
An affordable facsimile of the autograph was recently published by Edition Walhall (EW 880).
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat mater for soprano, alto, strings and basso continuo, Urtext edited by Malcolm Bruno and Caroline Ritchie, score, BA 7679, € 24.95; piano reduction, BA 7679-90, € 9.95, Bärenreiter, Kassel 2012
