By the way, before anyone jumps down my throat about how I, a Lutheran, dare to enjoy a piece of Roman Catholic religious music that focuses on the Virgin Mary, here is a hymn paraphrase of the Stabat Mater which I found in a LUTHERAN hymnal. The paraphrase is by a 19th-century author named H. Mills, and the unique tune that went with this text is also titled STABAT MATER. Click the thumbnail for a blown-up image of the words and melody, taken from my as-yet-unfinished treasury of hymns (hence the indefinite number after the alternate tune). Note that the fermatas are only meant to indicate where each phrase of the melody ends.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Stabat Mater Hymn
By the way, before anyone jumps down my throat about how I, a Lutheran, dare to enjoy a piece of Roman Catholic religious music that focuses on the Virgin Mary, here is a hymn paraphrase of the Stabat Mater which I found in a LUTHERAN hymnal. The paraphrase is by a 19th-century author named H. Mills, and the unique tune that went with this text is also titled STABAT MATER. Click the thumbnail for a blown-up image of the words and melody, taken from my as-yet-unfinished treasury of hymns (hence the indefinite number after the alternate tune). Note that the fermatas are only meant to indicate where each phrase of the melody ends.
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