Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B. 71: Vocal Score

Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) began composition of his setting of the Stabat Mater text in 1876 and finally finishing the orchestral version in late 1877, though it was not published until 1881 as Op. 58 (B. 71). It is traditionally thought that Dvorák decided to compose it following the death of his two-day old daughter Josefa on August 21, 1875, finishing it after the death of two more children (11-month-old Ruzena on August 13, 1877, and his firstborn son Otakar a month later), but some dou...