Christopher Lee Fraley

composer, publisher, choral tenor

Christopher Lee Fraley
Christopher Lee Fraley

Christopher Lee Fraley

composer, publisher, choral tenor

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Ordering Information

I’m still in the process of creating a consistent easy-to-use way to order music. For choral music, you may use the order form.  For all other music, please contact me directly.  Finally, some pieces are also available at MusicSpoke or Sheet Music Plus.

Catalog

  • Music (40)
    • Choral (25)
    • Instrumental (7)
    • Orchestral (5)
    • Recordings (5)
    • Vocal (3)
  • News (27)
    • Concert (9)
  • Other (1)

Poets

Heinrich Heine

Adela Florence Nicolson

Isabella Parker

Christina Rossetti

Sara Teasdale

Lord Tennyson

Oscar Wilde

Language

English

Latin

Hebrew

German

Other

Sacred

Christmas

PROJECT:ENCORE

India's Love Lyrics

Tags

a cappella Adela Florence Nicolson Alto Solo Animation Anthem A Virgin Unspotted Baptism Brightest and Best Byrd Ensemble Cascadian Chorale CD Cello Christina Rossetti Christmas Chromatic Drum Duet Eastertide Emily Dickinson English Epiphany Flute German Handbells Hebrew Heinrich Heine Horatio Parker Hymn India's Love Lyrics Isabella Parker Jazzy King Arthur Latin Lecture Lord Tennyson Mass MMR Nature Orchestra Oscar Wilde Paintings of Song Piano Piano Trio Picardy Playful PROJECT:ENCORE Recording SA SAB Sacred Sara Teasdale SATB Song SSAATTBB SSATBB String Quartet Tenor Thomas Tallis Tone Poem Video Viola Violin Vocal William Billings Woodwind Quintet

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Choral, Instrumental, Music, Orchestral, Vocal

I don’t yet have pages created for all of my pieces, so, this list is somewhat incomplete. For a nearly complete list of compositions, visit Catalog Index (also found in the Catalog menu).

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a cappella, Cello, Christmas, Duet, Flute, Piano, Sacred, SATB, Song, String Quartet, Tone Poem, Violin, Vocal

A Light exists in Spring

Choral / F. 177 / SATB (a cappella) / 3'30" / 2020 / PDF file / MP3 file

On the surface, “A Light exists in Spring” captures Emily Dickinson’s feelings during an ephemeral experience of Nature—that particular light that is unique to early Spring. But there is a wonderful depth in her writing, including insights about how Nature moves us to feel, the relationship between contentment and Nature, and our experience of the passing of the intangible.

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a cappella, Emily Dickinson, English, Nature, SATB

An End

Choral / F. 156 / SSATBB (a cappella) / 10'00" / 2011 / PDF file / MP3 fileMP3 fileMP3 fileMP3 file

“An End” is a multi-movement a cappella SSATBB setting of Christina Rossetti’s poem by the same name. I was captivated by a literal interpretation of this poem: the tragic death of a baby born in Spring, and the awful emotional turmoil for those left behind. The music I wrote explores the complex facets of such a loss.

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a cappella, Christina Rossetti, English, PROJECT:ENCORE, SATB, SSATBB

Aus alten Märchen

Choral / F. 162 / SATB (a cappella) / 2'00" / 2013 / PDF file / MP3 file

A charming setting of Heinrich Heine’s (1797-1856) famous poem for unaccompanied SATB choir.

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a cappella, German, Heinrich Heine, SATB

Break, Break, Break

Choral / F. 170 / SATB (a cappella) w/divisi / 5'00" / 2016 / PDF file / MP3 file

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…

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a cappella, English, Lord Tennyson, SATB, SSAATTBB

Brightest and Best

Choral / F. 169 / SATB (a cappella) / 3'40" / 2015 / PDF file / MP3 file
Brightest and Best

This setting of “Brightest and Best” is based on based upon St. Ninian, and is featured in an inspiring video worth sharing with your friends around Christmas!

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a cappella, Christmas, English, Epiphany, Hymn, Sacred, SATB, Video

Famine Song

Choral / F. 164 / SATB (a cappella), Drum, Alto solo / 3'10" / 2013 / PDF file / MP3 file

Written as a funeral dirge, Famine Song tells a story of disease, death, and love in late 19th century India.

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a cappella, Adela Florence Nicolson, Alto Solo, Drum, English, India's Love Lyrics, SATB

Golden Stars

Choral / F. 150 / SATB (a cappella) / 3'50" / 2008 / PDF file / MP3 fileMP3 file

The first (of now many) settings of poems by Adela Florence Nicolson. Written in a freeform, meterless manner, allowing great freedom of expression by the performers.

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a cappella, Adela Florence Nicolson, English, India's Love Lyrics, SATB

I Shall Not Care

Choral / F. 139 / SATB (a cappella) / 3'15' / 2005 / PDF file / MP3 fileMP3 file

A motet-style setting of Sara Teasdale’s poem.

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a cappella, English, Sara Teasdale, SATB

Island Home

Choral / F. 178 / SATB & Orchestra; SATB & Piano; SATB (a cappella) / 3'50" / 2021 / PDF file / MP3 fileMP3 fileMP3 file

Starting with a musical depiction of sunrise in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, Island Home is a love letter to a community we love. Commissioned by Kona Choral Society in celebration of 30 years.

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a cappella, Orchestra, Piano, SATB

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