Naked in the Leaves

Composer

  Robert Seeley

Lyricist

 Robert Espendola 

Publisher

 GALA Choruses Legacy Library 

Score Status

 Self-Published 

Partners in life and song, Robert Seeley and Robert Espindola created a vast body of choral songs that have been sung across the GALA Choruses network.

“Naked in the Leaves” tells the story of two elder gay men, partners and lovers, as they reminisce about their past and wonder about their place in this world as elders. It is one movement of a multi-movement work titled “Exile,” commissioned by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, under the direction of Stan Hill.

Voicing

TTBB or SATB

Text Language

English

Difficulty

2-Average

Duration

4–5 min

Characteristics

Ballad – BIPOC composer – Commission – GALA Chorus’ Standard Rep – LGBTQ+ composer 

Theme

AIDS/HIV
Body Autonomy
Coming of Age
Death
Friendship
Gay Male 
LGBTQ+ Rights
Queer Marriage

Genre

Contemporary Choral

Instruments

Piano or orchestral accompaniment