Stabat Mater
op. 168, 1870
2nd version: Arrangement for Soli SS and upper strings 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb) Among his compositions, Franz Lachner, the long-serving Music Director of the Court of Munich and Director of the Royal Choir, left behind a considerable number of sacred works, including two settings of the Stabat Mater. The first Stabat Mater, op. 154, from 1856 was limited to a purely vocal ensemble (CV 70.037); the second, op. 168, from 1870 included strings and organ, in which the darker timbre was achieved through the absence of the violins. In its harmonic expression the second composition is especially oriented towards the, at that time, modern style of the North German School centred around Liszt and Wagner, but without ever exceeding a moderate degree of technical difficulty in the voice parts.
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Franz Lachner
| 1803-1890Franz Lachner was active as a composer, organist and conductor.
His extensive oeuvre covers almost all genres and seems to be influenced above all by the music of Beethoven and Schubert, but also Spohr and Meyerbeer. Personal details