Stabat Mater in G minor (Schubert)

[1] It is scored for SATB choir, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 3 trombones, violin I and II, viola, and basso continuo (cello, double bass and organ).

After a short orchestral interlude, these four stanzas are repeated with "far-reaching variation".

[3] While settings of the Stabat Mater developed into a staple of concert music by the late 19th century, it is thought that this piece would have been performed for liturgical use in the Lichtental Church.

[4] Schubert's original manuscript indicates that he wished to score the piece with horns, rather than trombones.

[2] A year later, Schubert composed his Stabat Mater in F minor, D 383.