Stabat Mater, Hob. XX B (1767 and 1803 Versions) - Vocal Score

Stabat Mater, Hob. XX B

Oratorio (funeral music); versions from 1767 and 1803

For Soprano solo, Alto solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Mixed choir (SATB), Flute, Oboe (2), Clarinet (in B-flat) (2), Bassoon (2), Horn (2), Trumpet (2), Timpani, Strings and Basso continuo.

The new scholarly critical edition of Joseph Haydn's Stabat Mater (1767) is published in Henle's complete edition of Haydn's works. This edition is the first to come as close as possible to the lost original and has been compiled using all currently available sources.

Originally it was orchestrated for two oboes or English horn, strings and organ. At a later performance of this work, probably in 1803, Haydn attempted to accommodate the intervening changes in musical taste. According to the composer's request and under his supervision, Sigismund Neukomm enlarged the wind orchestration by adding a flute, two clarinets, two bassoons, two French horns, trumpets and timpani.

Haydn’s Stabat Mater is available in both its original scoring as well as Neukomm's scoring.

Urtext edition from "Joseph Haydn Werke" published by G. Henle Verlag, Munich. Vocal score edited by Marianne Helms and Fred Stoltzfus. Text in Latin.