I don’t yet have pages created for all of my pieces, so, this list is somewhat incomplete. For a full list, visit www.FraleyMusic.com/catalog-index/.
Break, Break, Break
Tennyson’s poem opens with rather conventional imagery (crashing sea, coldness, grayness). So, too, the music starts with a texture that mimics the endless crashing waves—a cascade of falling voices resolving suspensions only to create new ones: “break, break, break, …” The main narrative is then taken up by the choir in a style that is thick with suspensions that reflect the narrator’s yearning…
a cappella, Lord Tennyson, SATB, SSAATTBBBrightest and Best
The Brightest and Best video can also be found on YouTube or on Facebook. If you like the video, please share with your friends on Facebook, Twitter, etc., and Like it on YouTube or on Facebook. Overview Every Christmas, I get in the mood to write some Christmas music. This is somewhat unfortunate, in that I […]
a cappella, Christmas, Hymn, Sacred, SATB, VideoReminiscence
An emotional journey from poignant remembrance to despair.
Adela Florence Nicolson, India's Love Lyrics, Piano, SATBFamine Song
Written in the style of a funeral dirge, Famine Song tells a story of disease, death, and love in late 19th century India.
a cappella, Adela Florence Nicolson, Alto Solo, Drum, India's Love Lyrics, SATBAus alten Märchen
A charming setting of Heinrich Heine’s (1797-1856) famous poem for unaccompanied SATB choir.
a cappella, Heinrich Heine, SATBLet Us Be Merry
A recomposing of William Billings’ A Virgin Unspotted.
a cappella, A Virgin Unspotted, Christmas, Sacred, SATB, William Billings