Stabat Mater in F minor (Schubert)

 in F minor, 383, is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence, composed by Franz Schubert in 1816. It is scored for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, SATB choir, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 2 french horns, 3 trombones, violin I and II, viola, cello and double bass.
Rather than setting the Latin sequence of the , Schubert used a German paraphrase by F. G. Klopstock, "". The work is sometimes referred to as the "Deutsches Stabat Mater", and was written for the composer's brother Ferdinand.
Schubert had written a shorter setting of the Latin in 1815, Stabat Mater in G minor, 175, a single-movement piece of approximately six minutes' duration, using only four verses of the twenty stanzas of the sequence.
Structure.
This setting is essentially a short oratorio with arias, duets, trios and chorus work. The work is divided into twelve movements. Performances require 30–40 minutes.