Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Monday 30 September 2024

“Stabat Mater Dolorosa”. Composer: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.



“Stabat Mater Dolorosa”.
Composer: Giavanni Battista Pergolesi.
Available on YouTube at


Purported portrait of Pergolesi.
Presented by his biographer, Florimo,
to The Naples Conservatory.
Artist: Domenico Antonio Vaccaro (1678–1745).
Date: Early 18th-Century.
Collection:
Museo Storico Musicale del Conservatorio Di Musica,
San Pietro A Majella, Naples, Italy.
This File: 26 March 2017.
(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

Giovanni Battista Draghi (4 January 1710 – 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist.

His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera La serva padrona (The Maid Turned Mistress).

His compositions include operas and sacred music. He died of tuberculosis at the age of twenty-six.

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