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Acknowledgements

It would have been impossible for me to gather all this information without the help of all those people, some near, others  in  places all over the world. Some are Stabat Mater fanatics like me, others have just taken an interest and were kind enough to help with some piece of information, or by buying a CD for me in their country. I want to thank them all by listing them here in alphabetical order. I trust that everyone will understand that I make one exception for a very special thank you: Hannie, my wife and friend, who started the whole thing and never stops trying to find ways to make this site better and more interesting.

Thanks to :

  • Willem Abma for sending me his Frisian translation and allowing me to publish it on my site
  • Luís Ançã who not only bought a CD for me in Portugal, but even sent it to me for free, not once, but several times!
  • Peter Anseeuw for supplying names of a lot of composers
  • Bertie Arinson for supplying me with a Hebrew translation
  • Dr.Hans van den Berg who not only bought two CD’s for me in Bolivia, but even sent them to me for free!
  • Janusz Bogdan, for corrections of typing errors in Spanish and Polish texts
  • Doris Caruana of Malta, who kindly bought a CD with music by Maltese composers for me, and sent it to me for free!
  • William Copper for sending me the score of his Stabat Mater and an organ transcription of the work on CDR.
  • Joost Cornet, my friend and bridgepartner, for giving me a very special recording of the Gouvy Stabat Mater
  • Tom Dawkes for his corrections of the Irish Gaelic translation.
  • Michael Dölker, for sending me copies with translations of the texts Stabat Mater Dolorosa and Stabat Mater Speciosa from the CD booklet Christus – Oratorio of Franz Liszt. He found many composers I did not know yet.
  • Arjan van Dijk for sending me a CDR with the recording of his Stabat Mater
  • Robert Faltin and his mother Rachel for buying for me a recording of the Donceanu Stabat Mater in Switzerland
  • Hans Festen for supplying names of a lot of composers
  • Federico Gómez Figueroa, who not only gave me the CD of Pedro Rabassa, but who came in person to my house to present it to me (from Spain!), and who allowed me to make a copy of the Carcoler CD.
  • Aaron Garber for sending me a CDR with the recording of his Stabat Mater
  • Pavel Gavrilyuk for supplying me with a Russian translation
  • Jack Hennessey for supplying me with an Irish Gaelic translation
  • Klaas de Jong for making a translation into Dutch of several Italian texts from inserts
  • Philippe Joukes for drawing my attention to some new CD’s
  • Csaba Kapitany for supplying me with Hungarian translations
  • Ivo Kylar for supplying me with a Czech translation
  • Pär Larson for supplying me with an Italian translation
  • Thomas Oboe Lee for sending me a CDR with the recording of his Stabat Mater
  • Marcel van der Linden for introducing me to the Stabat Mater Foundation
  • Paul Linder who sent me a translation into french of a large part of my site
  • Ragnhild E. Bye Lütken for supplying me with a Norwegian translation
  • Mr. Hubert Maillard for sending me as a present the CD with the Stabat Mater by David Haladjian and many other songs by the Yerevan Women’s Choir of Armenia
  • The Matsushita Choir, Osaka for sending me their CD with the recording of the Stabat Mater by Javier Busto
  • Lisette van Meurs for making a translation into Dutch of the Spanish texts of the Gorriti and Ledesma CD’s
  • Andrea Montello for supplying me with a Slowakian translation
  • Agnus Moulij for supplying me with an Hebrew translation
  • Franco Nava for making copies of some hard-to-get CD’s and sending to me for free!
  • Timo Nuoranne, conductor of the Elisabeth Singers, Hiroshima, for sending me their CD with the recording of the Stabat Mater by Bengt Johansson
  • Fr.Ricardo Dias Neto for supplying me with a Portuguese translation
  • Willi Oeschger, administrative manager of the Choir of the Kantonsschule Wiedikon, who send me their recording of the Maggini Stabat Mater for free!
  • Anita van Ommeren for helping me with the meaning of the Latin text
  • Luis de Orueta for supplying names of another 25 composers
  • Jan Pivoňka for his corrections concerning the Czech composer Jakub Jan Ryba and his Stabat Mater. He was very helpful in analysing the different sections and stanzas of the piece so I could make a colourbar. He also sent me a CD with the Stabat Mater by RobertHejnar, for free.
  • Tadeusz Piotrowski for supplying me with another Polish translation
  • Leo Rademakers who has been a great aid in helping purchase CD’s
  • Antônio Rodrigues who not only bought two CD’s for me in Brazil, but then send them to me for free!
  • Arie Romein for letting me copy some translations by Dutch poets from his site
  • Orlando Romulo Sanchez for sending me a CD with Stabat Mater by Pergolesi for piano solo, played by Marie-Luise Hinrichs.
  • Brian Schober for sending me the score of his Stabat Mater and a free CD of the work
  • Harry Spelt for sending me a CDR with the recording of a Stabat Mater by Tommaso Traetta
  • Professor Han Steenwijk for supplying me with a Resian (Slovenian dialect) translation
  • Augustín Suárez for supplying me with Spanish translations
  • Johanna Sundberg for letting me use her Swedish translation
  • Stig Aaberg Thomsen for supplying me with a Danish translation
  • Tommie Terkelsen of Bergen, Norway for giving me a CDR with the recording of the Stabat Mater by Trond Kverno
  • Daniel Tilley for sending me a CDR with the recording of a Stabat Mater by Györgi Orbán
  • Fré Thissen for sending me a CDR with the recording of the Stabat Mater of Bertha Frensel Wegener – Koopman, a copy of three Stabat Maters: Wüllner, Fux and Tucapsky and a copy of six Stabats: Vellard, Gorczycky, Olive, MacDowall, Aichinger and Zotto
  • Rita Varonen, conductor of the Cantovinum choir, Finland, for sending me their CD with the recording of the Stabat Mater compositions by Sami Klemola, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi and Erkki Raiski
  • Ignace Verberk, our friend, who from the beginning has taken an interest in the collection and who searches wherever he goes, and brings home Stabat Mater compositions again and again.
  • Florence Vilen for sending me a rhyming Swedish translation
  • Stefan Welkovic who not only bought a CD for me in Brazil, but then send it to me for free!
  • Michael Wolpe for sending me a CD with the recording of his Stabat Mater
  • Omar Yagoubi for sending me a CDR with the recording of his Stabat Mater
  • Alain Zalmanski for sending me a CD of a breton Stabat Mater and some scores

 

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Stabat Mater by Eric van Boxtel, commissioned by Stabat Mater Foundation in 2008.

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My friend Marten Kuilman from Amsterdam, is painting the stations of the cross. Here is his 12th station of the cross. October 10th 2020, having dinner together.
#stationsofthecross  #stabatmater  #stabatmaterdolorosa #sacredmusic

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12th station of he cross in Church Veenhuizen, Drenthe, The Netherlands during cycle trip in Appelscha, July 15th 2020.

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Kruiswegpark in Roermond, very special, during our visit on May 24th 2020.

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12th station of the cross painted by P. Cornelis de Moor, in St Jans Basiliek, Laren (nh), during performance Bach's Weihnachtsoratorium, December 15th 2019.

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Autel d' or (Golden Altar), Niki de Saint Phalle (1962). Museum Beelden aan Zee, Scheveningen, Holland, December 11th 2019

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Twelfth station of the cross in Parish Church of Portimão in Portugal, enjoying family time in Ferragudo.
#stationsofthecross #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #Portimão

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12th station of the cross, mosaic in stone, Holy Cross Church in Bloomsbury (London) enjoying a sunday city walk. 
#london #stabatmater #stationsofthecross #stabatmaterdolorosa #sorrowfulmother #holycrosschurch #bloomsbury

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Trinity church, London, sculpture. Invited  for the premiere of Pieta by composer Richard Blackford in Cadogan Hall. Impressed!
#stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #chelsea #london #sculpture #crucifixion

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Werner Tübke, Crucifixion scene (1984), chalk litograph on zinc plate.
I made this photo in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, June 22th 2019 during our cycle tour along the Elbe river.

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12th station of the cross, psinted by Johan Lange from Aken (Germany) 1884-1890.

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Our Lady of the Basilica, Zwolle. 
#zwolle #crunchyslime #mary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Michael Triegel, Deus absconditus (God is hidden). Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle. I  love his paintings.
#triegel #michaeltriegel #mary #crucifixion #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #zwolle #fundatiezwolle

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Zwolle, Grote kerk of St. Michaels Churc. A vey old sculpture of Crucifixion in the wall, maybe 12th station of the cross. Unfortunately very damaged. Please, could you translate the latin text?
#zwolle #zwollecentrum #oldchurch #stationsofthecross #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Magdenburg Cathedral June 24th 2019, cycling trip along the Elbe in Germany.
#magdenburg🇩🇪 #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary

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Paul Sinkwitz, Crucifixion group, tempera draft (1957)  Lutherstadt Wittenberg, exhibition modern Christian Art. #Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary  #mary

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Otto Pankok, Mary and John under the cross, woodcut (1958). Lutherstadt Wittenberg, exhibition modern Christian Art. #Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary  #mary #john #woodcutting

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Marc Chagall, Crucfixion, 1969, (1) and Crucifixion, Mother and Child, 1964 (2). In Lutherstadt, Wittenberg, June 2019, Exhibition Modern Christian Art. #Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary #chagall #marcchagall

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Keith Haring, 1982, Untitled, without Mary. Lutherstadt Wittenberg Exhibition Modern Christian Art.
#Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary #keithharing

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Lutherstadt Wittenberg Exhibition Christian Art from Chagall to Beuys. Willi Baumeister, Crucifixion, Lithograph.
#Lutherstadt #Wittenberg #mothermary #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #religiousart #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi #golgotha #calvary

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Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Crucifixion, 1912, Etching. Mueum Lutherstadt Wittenberg during our cycling trip in Germany, June 2019.

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Exhibition Lutherstadt Wittemberg Modern Christian Art from Chagall to Beuys. James Ensor, Crucifixio, print 23 from Portfolio Scenes Life of Christ, colour lithograph, 1912-1921.
#religiousart #stabatmaterdolorosa #stabatmater #crucifixion #golgotha

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Exhibition Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Christian Art from Chagall to Beuys. Georges Rouault, Christ on the cross, 1936, colour aquatint etching.June 21th 2019
#religiousart #golgotha #crucifixion #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #mothermary

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July 5th, Bremen, Church of our Lady. I noticed groups of little figures in a glass display case showing scenes from the passion of Jesus. They are made by the woodcutters David Guenou and his son Daniel from Togo in Africa. They converted to Christianity in the the sixties when a priest from Bremen was a missionary in Togo. The woodcarving was a present from the Togo Parish. By the way: we loved Bremen during our cycling trip in Germany.
#bremen #woodcarving #crucifixion #religiousart #africanart #stabatmaterdolorosa
#thecross #stabatmater #mothermary

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Bremen Cathedral, beautiful painting of the crucifixion on the front wall of the church dedicated to St. Peter. July 5th 2019.
#bremencathedral #religiousart #stabatmater #crucifixion #paintings #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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In Damnatz, during our cycling trip from Dresden to Hamburg, we stumbled upon this old, timber framed church with a painting of the crucifixion. July 2th 2019
#stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion  #religiousart #elb

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Tangermünde, June 27th 2019, St Stefan's Church. On the baptismal font, as wel as at the baroque pulpit I found a relief of Mary near the cross.

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St. Jacobi Church in Perleberg, Germany June 28th 2019 during our cycling tour from Dresden to Hamburg. In the wall of the tower is a crucifixion sculpture of sand stone. Though Mary is not present, I just could not resist taking this picture because of the inscription above: ANNO DOMINI MCCCLXI.
#perleberg #stationsofthecross #stabatmater  #religiousart #stabatmaterdolorosa #crucifixion #sculpture #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Church Museum New Bavo Haarlem. Station of the Cross XII 1920. Artist unknown. 
#stationsofthecross #stabatmater #sorrowfulmother #religiousart

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Church New Bavo Museum Haarlem, Jan van Scorel 1525.
#calvary #religiousart #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #triptych

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Stralsund, Germany, Nicolai Kirche and painting of the Crucifixion in the church.

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Family vacation in Germany, May 2019, A trip to Stralsund, Nicolaikirche. Several altars from the 15th century:: (1)Burgermeister-altar with Jesus is taken down from the cross, short after 1500. (2) Altar by Riemer and Betler (1451) and High altar (ca. 1480), Crucifixion by J P Hinze.
#church #art #altar #religiousart #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa

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Nehringen, Germany, during a family vacation. St. Andreas kirche. Stations of the cross.

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Stations of the cross-Jesus meets his mother Maria and  Jesus is nailed to the cross- paintings by Jan Wiesman, a Dutch painter. Exhibition in Pop-up Gallery in Bloemendaal. Netherlands.

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Art stations of the cross Amsterdam 2019: Jesus meets his mother (Station 2). A colorful installation by Lynn Aldrich is made from all sorts of ordinary cleaning tools, such as plastic sponges and brushes.
#stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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Project Art stations of the cross, number 7: Jesus falls for the second time. Two drawings by Paul van Dongen: Judgement and Resurrection. The Small Museum, Paradiso, Weteringschans 6-8. In 2016 the music venue and cultural center Paradiso, housed in a converted former church building from the nineteenth century, opened The Small Museum. The smallest museum in the Netherlands, it is located in one of the cabinets where the Vrije Gemeente (Free Congregation) used to display its announcements. The exhibitions regularly link to the religious past of the building.
#stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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Art stations of the cross 2019 Amsterdam. Number 2: Jesus takes up the cross by G. Roland Bierman. De Hoftuin, Nieuwe Herengracht 18.
#mothermary #jesus #thecross #crucifixion #passion #virginmaryartwork #virginmaryart #stabatmater #stabatmaterdolorosa #stationsofthecross #artstations #sorrowfulmother #motherofjesus #religiousart #classicalmusic #sacredmusic #pergolesi

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Art Stations of the Cross 2019 Amsterdam Nr. 6 Veronica wipes the face of Jesus. Güler Ates, Water no longer dances with light, new site specific work. In the Stations of the Cross, Veronica is the woman who helps Jesus persevere. She confronts us with the classic question: In whom do we invest, convinced that the person can make a difference in this world? Who can lean on us? Güler Ates grew up in the mystic tradition of East Turkey. She is based in London and works with video, photography, printmaking and performance. One of the core elements in her work is cultural displacement. She studies the interaction of Eastern and Western cultures.

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Beginhof Chapel Amsterdam when I wasin Amsterdamwithmy grandson Guidofor the Art Stations of the Cross on monday April 15th.

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Project Art Stations of the Cross Amsterdam. Nr. 5 Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross. It is the contemplation of the suffering caused by the slave trade, in which traders from Amsterdam were also involved. Iris Kensmil, an artist with a Surinam background, has painted portraits of three eighteenth-century individuals from Surinam who managed to secure for themselves a position and a future in opposition to colonial oppression. (Their actual likenesses are unknown.) Just like Simon of Cyrene, who stopped to help Jesus by carrying his cross, these people resisted injustice. The triptych hangs amongst the group portraits in the Amsterdam Gallery as a call to action.

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