Visit the homepage for more information. Stabat Mater is the title of a thirteenth-century Latin hymn and it means "the Mother was standing." In Latin, the hymn consists of twenty couplets which ...

At the cross her station keeping stood the mournful mother weeping, Close to Jesus to the last. Through her heart, his sorrow sharing, All his bitter anguish bearing, Lo! the piercing sword had ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Could you give me information on the "Stabat Mater" written by Jacopone da Todi? A: Are you talking about 'Stabat Mater' history, music, poetry, theology -- ...