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Nystedt

03-08-2015

Knut Nystedt

About the composer

Knut Nystedt was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1915. He studied composition with Aaron Copland and was organist in Oslo from 1946 to 1982 and  professor of choral conducting at the university of Oslo from 1965 to 1985. Nystedt is regarded as one of the most influential composers  in Norway and has received many honours, national and international. He strove to incorporate new vocal techniques, but also to make his works accessible for choirs of a modest standard.

About the Stabat Mater

Date: 1986
Performers:

Mixed choir and solo cello

Length: 15.48 minutes
Particulars:

The music is easy to listen to and gets a special flavour by the use of a solo cello as accompagniment.

Textual variations:

The "Analecta" version of the text is used, with following changes:
- Stanza 14, line 2: not "Et me tibi sociare" but "Te me tibi sociare"
- Stanza 18, line 1: not "Flammis ne urar accensus" but "Inflammatus et accensus"

Colourbar

gregorian

CD information

CD : ASV CD DCA 1054: Knut Nystedt, Sacred Choral Works
About this CD:

Dedicated to the vocal works of Nystedt. Recorded at the Uranienborg Church, Oslo, in the years 1996/98. I bought this CD in a record shop in the Netherlands, 1999.

Choir: Schola Cantorum
Conductor: Kåre Hanken
Soloists:

Aage Kvalbein, cello

Other works:

If you receive my words
Thou, o Lord
Miserere
Die güte des Herrn
Immortal Bach
O Crux
Peace I leave with you

Code: 1999 NYS-01

Listen Online

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1leYY6ItMk

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In 1997 I created the Ultimate Stabat Mater website for Hans with the program FrontPage. At that time he had around 40 Stabat Mater CDs. His notes on the composer, the music, the texts and translations and the different versions all came online. After this he managed the site by adding new composers and translations regularly. At the time of his death in 2005 he had 211 Stabat Maters. After his death I continued collecting the information and managing the site. I wish to thank the Dutch Stabat Mater Foundation which gave me the financial support in 2014 to renew this site!

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