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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Dolorosa (1736) for mandolin quartet
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736): Stabat Mater Dolorosa - Duetto
This is the opening section of Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, probably the composer's most famous piece, and also his last -- he died almost immediately on completing it. It's originally a duet for two singers. My instrumental arrangement for mandolin quartet is based on an arrangement for string quartet by Mike Magatagan, available free from:
https://musescore.com/mike_magatagan/scores/814576
The big advantage of using Musescore arrangements is that you can download and edit the score in the free Musescore editor.
In this case, the original key is F Minor (four flats!). I have transposed this down by a semitone to E Minor, which is the equivalent of the convention to play Baroque music at A=415Hz and also makes it a whole lot easier to play on mandolin. Also, I have changed the clef for the viola and cello parts to octave trebel clef With these changes, the arrangement is surprisingly easy to play, and very effective.
1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-0W octave mandolin/mandola
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
There are already two excellent mandolin renditions on Youtube: the Melis Mandolin Quartet play it with a similar line-up (guitar rather than mandocello) and similar arrangement to mine (link) while the San Francisco Mandolin Orchestra have performed it with two singers (link).
Martin
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Re: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Dolorosa (1736) for mandolin quartet
Sounds indeed very nice, Martin!
And thanks for the link to the Melis Mandolin Quartett.
I didn't know them and they have an interesting repertoire.
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Re: Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Dolorosa (1736) for mandolin quartet
This is lovely. Listening to it played on mandolins, tremolo gives the suspensions at about 1:00 and 2:30 an extra tension you don't get with voice. It's fascinating how much difference instrumentation can make.
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