| 作曲者 | Isabel Mundry (b. 1963)・イザベル・ムンドリー |
| タイトル | Wait (version for alto and bass) |
| サブタイトル | Text based on Sappho |
| 出版社 | Breitkopf & Härtel・ブライトコプフ |
| 楽器編成 | Alto and Bass solo |
| 品番 | BH9790004189016 |
| 形状 | 20 ページ・23 x 30.5 cm・105 g・Saddle stitching |
| 演奏時間 | 8分 |
| 作曲年 | 2021年 |
| 出版年 | 2025年 |
| 出版番号 | EB 9424 |
| ISMN | 979-0-004-18901-6 |
| サンプル | https://issuu.com/breitkopf/docs/eb_9423_issuu?fr=sZjIzZTg0NzU1MzE |
・World premiere: Munich, Semifinal of the 70th ARD International Music Competition, September 9, 2021
・Commissioned by the 70th ARD International Music Competition, funded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation
The Greek lyric poet Sappho (c. 630–570 BCE), one of antiquity’s most significant female voices, survives only in fragments. Her texts, often marked by intense emotion and sensual precision, explore love, longing, and the fleeting nature of moments. The incomplete remnants of her poems—sometimes just single words or phrases—resemble poetic shards that still today invite fascinatingly open interpretations.
Inspired by four of these fragments, German composer Isabel Mundry wrote the song cycle “Wait” in 2021 as a commission for the 70th International ARD Music Competition. What makes it special? The songs exist in versions for all four voice types (EB 9424 alto and bass, EB 9423 soprano and tenor), making them a flexible yet demanding work for singers.