PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista 1710-1736

Stabat Mater. [Score]

London: Printed for & Sould[!] by I: Walsh Musicall[!]] Instrument maker in Ordinary to his Majesty at the Golden Harp & Hoboy in Catherine Street near Summerset[!] house in ye Strand, [1749].

Folio. Disbound. Contemporary half mid-tan leather with marbled boards, upper with rectangular paper label titled in manuscript. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [i] (blank), 2-26 pp. Engraved throughout.

With attractive engraved title by Collins incorporating angels playing lute and oboe; instruments including lute, harpsichord, violin, viola da gamba, bassoon, and harp; and an open book of music.

Annotation in contemporary manuscript to blank inner margin of title, "Pergolesi not lettd." Annotation to front free endpaper "Jowett Trin Hall I.I. Scargill 8th May 1857."

Binding quite worn, rubbed, and bumped; upper nearly detached, with small circular label numbered "434" to lower inner corner. Occasional minor foxing and staining.

First Edition. Paymer 77. Smith & Humphries 1195. BUC p. 771. RISM P1348.

"The 'Stabat mater' for two solo voices and strings, [Pergolesi's] most famous work, was evidently written in competition with Alessandro Scarlatti's 'Stabat mater' for the same voices and instruments. A comparison between the works shows Pergolesi's new approach to the concertante vocal movement and his development of the 'church aria', as well as the earliest application to sacred music of the style of expressive sensibility. The work stirred considerable controversy at home and abroad for its religious propriety and musical style. Padre Martini's traditional views towards counterpoint incited some to criticize Pergolesi's setting, while others found it 'galant', expressive and new." Helmut Hucke, and Dale E. Monson in Grove Music Online

Pergolesi's most celebrated sacred work.

Item #40629

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