 Little of Fairchild's music appears to have been recorded.Some of his piano pieces may be found on a compilation of Indianist music released by Naxos Records on the Marco Polo label.In 1903, he was married to Edith Howard Cushing (1871–1920), the daughter of Thomas Forbes Cushing and the granddaughter of John Perkins Cushing, a wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist.