Elaine Fine (1959- )
Elaine
Fine began musical life as a violinist, but received a Bachelor of
Music Degree in flute performance from The Juilliard School of Music,
where she was a student of Julius Baker. She also studied recorder in
Vienna, baroque flute in Boston, and composition at Eastern Illinois
University. In addition to being on the reviewing staff of the American
Record Guide since 1993, she is the program annotator for the New
Philharmonic of DuPage County, and teaches at Lake Land College, in
Mattoon, Illinois. Elaine is active as a performing violinist and
violist, and plays in the viola sections of the Prairie Ensemble, the
Champaign Urbana Symphony, and also plays the viola d'amore and the
recorder. She has over 70 pieces of chamber music published by the
Seesaw Music in New York (now owned by Subito Music in New Jersey), and
has some woodwind pieces published by Jeanné in Minnesota. She has
worked extensively with Amoris International in Switzerland and as an
editor and arranger for the International Music Company in New York.
Elaine has also written three operas, orchestral music, several songs
and song cycles, and a great deal of chamber music, some of which has
been recorded on Capstone Records (as part of the 2003 60x60 project)
and Crystal Records (on Susan Nigro's 2008 recording "Original tunes
for the Big Bassoon"). Elaine has written numerous articles for The
Instrumentalist, Strings Magazine, The Journal of the American String
Teachers' Association, the Maud Powell Signature, and contributed
several articles to Classical Music: The Third Ear--The Essential
Listening Companion published in 2002 for Backbeat Books. Awards
include listings in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American
Women, a special commendation for The Snow Queen in the 2003 Nancy Van
de Vate International Composition prize for opera, and yearly ASCAP
Awards from 2003 through 2008.- American Music Center
COMPOSITIONS Fine Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Elegy, string quartet (1979; rev. 2003)
Good-bye to Vienna, string quartet (1982; rev. 2003)
Five Pieces for String Quartet based on Chassidic Melodies (1995) [arr. for flute, oboe, violin and cello, February 2004]
Made in Hungary, reader, flute, violin, viola and mandolin (1996, unpublished)
The Whole Magilla, 3 Purim songs for children (1996, unpublished)
The Tiger, chorus (1998, unpublished)
Sep-timbre, 7 percussion instruments, one player (2000, unpublished)
Duo for Clarinet and Piano (2000)
Three Frank O'Hara Songs, mezzo-soprano and piano (2000, unpublished)
[An Airplane Whistle; For Poulenc; Oh to be an Angel]
Two Agee Songs, tenor and piano (2000, unpublished) [No Room; Sad Heart]
Loose Canon for Woodwind Quartet (2001, unpublished)
Germaine, oboe, viola and harp (2001)
The Solitary Cello, cello and piano (2001)
Under the apricot tree, countertenor, bass flute and viola (2001)
Six Preludes, piano (January 2001)
Ave Maris Stella, a parody after Josquin, 6 flutes, alto flute and bass flute (October 2001)
Study for Woodwind Quartet (October 2001)
Essay, chamber orchestra (October 2001, unpublished)
Piano Piece for Hasie (2001, unpublished)
In light we see, in light we are seen, flute and piano (November 2001)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (2001)
Two Settings of texts from The Song of Songs, chorus (2001-2002) [I am the rose of Sharon; Arise my darling] [in WIMA]
Two Settings from The Song of Songs, countertenor, flute/alto flute, viola and harp (2001-2002)
[I will sing the song of all songs; Tell me my true love]
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (2002)
Janus, flute, bassoon and piano (February 2002)
The Snow Queen, opera in three acts (April 2002) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Evening Music, 2 violins and viola (May 2002)
The Dachstein, wind ensemble (May 2002) [arr. for orchestra, June 2002]
Cante Jondo, Six Poems by Federico García Lorca, medium voice and piano (May 2002)
Introit a 4, 3 trombones and bass trombone (May 2002) [arr. for 4 recorders (or flutes), June 2002, unpublished]
A Crazy Girl and Sweet Dancer, 2 trumpets, horn, tuba and piano (June 2002, unpublished)
Tango Mariposa, viola and piano (July 2002) [also for viola, cello and harp, February 2003]
Three Enigmas for Five Winds, woodwind quintet (September 2002)
Woodwind Quintet (September 2002)
Avez-vous des bonbons?, 2 violins and cello (2002) [February 2003?]
Three Pieces for Bassoon and Piano (October 2002) [arr. for basson and strings, May 2003]
Sonata Ostinato, piano (October 2002)
Prologue and Lachrimae, orchestra (November 2002) [arr. for str qt, July 2003]
Sonata for Horn and Piano (November 2002)
On Such a Winter's Day, flute (November 2002)
Introit a 3, 3 recorders (December 2002, unpublished)
Imagine Happiness [one of 60 pieces that is part of the Vox Novus 60X60 project, 2003]
Sonata for Viola and Piano (February 2003)
The Gloves, baritone, flute, cello and harpsichord (February 2003)
Study for Woodwind Quartet (March 2003)
Two Pieces for Brass Quintet (2003)
Sephardic Suite for Solo Cello (March 2003)
Come into the Garden, Maud (Alfred Lord Tennyson), baritone and piano (April 2003)
Three Pieces for Bassoon and Strings (May 2003) [from work for bassoon and piano, October 2002]
The Bird Phoenix, soprano, flute, harp, violin and viola (June 2003)
Sweet Dancer, medium voice and piano (June 2003, unpublished)
The Pen and the Inkwell, an Intermezzo, soprano, tenor, baritone, violin and piano (July 2003) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Ave Maris Stella, a parody after Josquin, 6 flutes, alto flute and bass flute (August 2003)
Sonata for Oboe, Viola, Percussion and Mallet Instruments (2000-August 2003)
Flute Quartet, 3 flutes and alto flute (August 2003)
Three Pieces for Trombone and Piano from Poems by William Butler Yeats (August 2003)
[These pieces began as choral pieces, found their way into an arrangement for brass quartet and piano, regained their texts and became songs for baritone, and finally found their home as pieces for trombone and piano]
Cante Jondo: Five Pieces after Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, flute and piano (August 2003)
For Poulenc, flute and piano (August 8, 2003) [originally a song to a text by Frank O'Hara; transcribed for flute]
Prelude, Aria, and Burlesque, double bass and harpsichord (September 2003)
Sonnet XVIII (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), female chorus and piano (September 2003)
Sonnet XXXIII (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), female chorus and piano (September 2003)
Sister Beatrice, opera in one act (January 2004) [based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck]
Prelude, Aria, and Burlesque, double bass and harpsichord (January 2004)
Five Pieces for Flute, Oboe, Violin and Cello (February 2004) [from Five Pieces for String Quartet, 1995]
Three Longfellow Songs, voice and piano (March 8, 2004) [The Day is Done; Afternoon in February; The Arrow and the Song]
Four Greek Myths, contrabassoon and piano (April 1, 2004)
Oh to be an angel, clarinet and piano (April 16, 2004)
Four Songs from Cynthia's Revels (Ben Jonson), tenor and piano (May 2004)
Kubla Khan, soprano, bassoon, bongo drums and piano (May 2004)
Four Movements for Violin and Piano (June 2004)
Music for 1601 ... Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors..., 2 soprano recorders and contrabassoon (June 28, 2004)
Inventions and Creations: Five Very Short Pieces for Piano (July 2004)
[Invention; Suspended in Locos; A Picture in Subaeolian Blue; Subterfuge; Afterword]
The Snail and the Rosebush, narrator, clarinet and piano (October 2004) [Hans Christian Andersen]
The Happy Family, narrator, viola, bass clarinet and piano (February 2005) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Emma, an opera (October 2004-March 2005) [in WIMA] [based on the play by Howard Zinn]
The Ugly Duckling, viola, bass clarinet and strings (April 2005) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Luxury Suite, viola or cello and piano (May 2005) [Populuxe (a tango), Opuluxe, and Technoluxe]
Sweet Suite, tenor or saxophone and piano (June 2005; also for alto sax and piano, December 2005)
Liliburlero, violin and harp (September 2005) (arr. for violin and piano, January 2006, unpublished)
Lilacs, flute, clarinet, cello and piano (October 2005)
Partly Sunny, violin and viola (October 23, 2005) [in AMC]
Like and Inness Sky, bassoon, horn, and cello (October 2005)
Song of the Limberlost, harp (October 2005)
Elnora's Violin, violin (November 2005)
Musings and Observations, voice and piano (November 2005) [in WIMA]
An Inness Sky, 3 celli (March 2006) [in AMC]
Counting Game, female chorus and piano (March 2006)
Fearful Symmetry, violin and piano (July 2006)
Crepuscule, Interlude and Dance, flute, violin and viola (October 2006)
Harlequin Sonata, contrabassoon and piano (December 2006)
There are things I just don't understand, English horn and strings (December 9, 2006) [in WIMA]
Serenade for Oboe and Strings (January 2007)
More Greek Myths, contrabassoon and piano (February 2007)
Little Suite for Solo Euphonium (April 2007)
Piccolo Sonata, piccolo and piano (May 2007)
Music for Recorder and Four Drums, alto recorder and four drums (July 2007)
Venetian Variations, string orchestra (July 30, 2007) [in AMC]
Sonata for Euphonium and Piano (September 22, 2007) [in WIMA]
The Teapot, soprano, tuba and piano (December 2007) [Hans Christian Anderson]
Duet for Oboe and Bassoon (December 2007) [in WIMA]
Prairie Snow, piano (December 2007) [in WIMA]
Four Postcards for Piano Trio, violin, cello and piano (January 2008)
Cloud 999, violin and piano (April 25, 2008) [in WIMA] [based on J.S. Bach: BWV 999]
Two Pieces for Viola and Piano (May 20, 2008) [in WIMA]
Lamento di Tristano, fl, bs cl, horn, perc and va (May 29, 2008) [in AMC] [arr. of trad. 14th century]
When I See Winter Return, picc, bs cl, horn, perc and va (May 29, 2008) [in AMC] [arr. of Colin Muset, 13th cent]
Dances from "The Harlot's House", str qt and db or string orchestra (July 20, 2008) [in AMC]
Sonata d’amore, oboe d’amore and viola d’amore (August 20, 2008) [in WIMA]
Five Postcards, flute, clarinet, cello and piano (December 1, 2008) [in WIMA]
New Year's Piece for 2009, piano (January 1, 2009) [in WIMA]
Song of Hope, string quartet (January 20, 2009) [in WIMA]
Quartetto d'amore, oboe d'amore or viola d'amore, flute, violin and cello (February 2009) [in WIMA]
Occasional Music: Barack Obama at the G20 Summit, piano (April 3, 2009) [in WIMA]
Skye Boat Fantasie, violin, viola and piano (April 26, 2009) [in WIMA]
Birthday Piece for Viola d'amore and Piano (April 30, 2009) [in WIMA]
Summer Music for Violin and Piano (June 30, 2009) [in WIMA]
Monday Waltz, oboe, bassoon and piano (July 2009) [in WIMA]
Bird in a Golden Cage, soprano, flute and piano (July 2009) [in AMC]
Asleep in the Deep, soprano, flute and piano (July 2009) [in AMC]
Jurin Prasa Smalku Tiklu, string orchestra (August 2009) [in AMC] [arr. of trad. Latvian]
WORKS BY GENRE Fine Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
The Snow Queen, opera in three acts (April 2002) [Hans Christian Andersen]
The Pen and the Inkwell, an Intermezzo, soprano, tenor, baritone, violin and piano (July 2003) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Sister Beatrice, opera in one act (January 2004) [based on the play by Maurice Maeterlinck]
The Snail and the Rosebush, narrator, clarinet and piano (October 2004) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Emma, an opera (October 2004-March 2005) [in WIMA] [based on the play by Howard Zinn]
The Happy Family, narrator, viola, bass clarinet and piano (February 2005) [Hans Christian Andersen]
The Teapot, soprano, tuba and piano (December 2007) [Hans Christian Anderson]
Orchestra
Essay, chamber orchestra (October 2001, unpublished)
The Dachstein, orchestra (June 2002) [arr. from work for wind ensemble]
Prologue and Lachrimae, orchestra (November 2002)
Venetian Variations, string orchestra (July 30, 2007) [in AMC]
Dances from "The Harlot's House", str qt and db or string orchestra (July 20, 2008) [in AMC]
Band
The Dachstein, wind ensemble (May 2002) [arr. for orchestra, June, 2002]
Choral
The Tiger, chorus (1998, unpublished)
Two Settings of texts from The Song of Songs, chorus (2001-2002) [I am the rose of Sharon; Arise my darling] [in WIMA]
Sonnet XVIII (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), female chorus and piano (September 2003)
Sonnet XXXIII (Elizabeth Barrett Browning), female chorus and piano (September 2003)
Counting Game, female chorus and piano (March 2006)
Chamber
Elegy, string quartet (1979; rev. 2003)
Good-bye to Vienna, string quartet (1982; rev. 2003)
Five Pieces for String Quartet based on Chassidic Melodies (1995)
Made in Hungary, reader, flute, violin, viola and mandolin (1996, unpublished)
Loose Canon for Woodwind Quartet (2001, unpublished)
Germaine, oboe, viola and harp (2001)
Prologue and Lachrimae for String Quartet [from orchestral piece, November 2002; arr. for str qt, July 2003]
Janus, flute, bassoon and piano (February 2002)
Evening Music, 2 violins and viola (May 2002)
Introit a 4, 3 trombones and bass trombone (May 2002)
Introit a 4, 4 recorders (or flutes) (June 2002, unpublished)
A Crazy Girl and Sweet Dancer, 2 trumpets, horn, tuba and piano (June 2002, unpublished)
Three Enigmas for Five Winds, woodwind quintet (September 2002)
Woodwind Quintet (September 2002)
Avez-vous des bonbons?, 2 violins and cello (2002)
Introit a 3, 3 recorders (December 2002, unpublished)
Tango Mariposa, viola, cello, and harp (February 2003) [also for viola and piano, July 2002]
Study for Woodwind Quartet (March 2003)
Two Pieces for Brass Quintet (2003)
Three Pieces for Bassoon and Strings (May 2003) [from work for bassoon and piano, October 2002]
Ave Maris Stella, a parody after Josquin, 6 flutes, alto flute and bass flute (August 2003)
Sonata for Oboe, Viola, Percussion and Mallet Instruments (August 2003)
Flute Quartet, 3 flutes and alto flute (August 2003)
Five Pieces for Flute, Oboe, Violin and Cello (February 2004) [from Five Pieces for String Quartet, 1995]
Music for 1601 ... Conversation as it was by the Social Fireside in the Time of the Tudors..., 2 soprano recorders and contrabassoon (June 28, 2004)
The Ugly Duckling, viola, bass clarinet and strings (April 2005) [Hans Christian Andersen]
Liliburlero, violin and harp (September 2005) (arr. for violin and piano, January 2006, unpublished)
Lilacs, flute, clarinet, cello and piano (October 2005)
Partly Sunny, violin and viola (October 23, 2005) [in AMC]
Like and Inness Sky, bassoon, horn, and cello (October 2005)
An Inness Sky, 3 celli (March 2006) [in AMC]
Crepuscule, Interlude and Dance, flute, violin and viola (October 2006)
There are things I just don't understand, English horn and strings (December 9, 2006) [in WIMA]
Serenade for Oboe and Strings (January 2007)
Music for Recorder and Four Drums, alto recorder and four drums (July 2007)
Duet for Oboe and Bassoon (December 2007) [in WIMA]
Four Postcards for Piano Trio, violin, cello and piano (January 2008)
Lamento di Tristano, fl, bs cl, horn, perc and va (May 29, 2008) [in AMC] [arr. of trad. 14th century]
When I See Winter Return, picc, bs cl, horn, perc and va (May 29, 2008) [in AMC] [arr. of Colin Muset, 13th cent]
Dances from "The Harlot's House", str qt and db or string orchestra (July 20, 2008) [in AMC]
Five Postcards, flute, clarinet, cello and piano (December 1, 2008) [in WIMA]
Song of Hope, string quartet (January 20, 2009) [in WIMA]
Quartetto d'amore, oboe d'amore or viola d'amore, flute, violin and cello (February 2009) [in WIMA]
Skye Boat Fantasie, violin, viola and piano (April 26, 2009) [in WIMA]
Monday Waltz, oboe, bassoon and piano (July 2009) [in WIMA]
Solo Instrument
Sep-timbre, 7 percussion instruments, one player (2000, unpublished)
Duo for Clarinet and Piano (2000)
The Solitary Cello, cello and piano (2001)
In light we see, in light we are seen, flute and piano (November 2001)
Sonata for Violin and Piano (2001)
Tango Mariposa, viola and piano (July 2002) [also for viola, cello and harp, February 2003]
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (2002)
Three Pieces for Bassoon and Piano (October 2002) [arr. for basson and strings, May 2003]
Sonata for Horn and Piano (November 2002)
On Such a Winter's Day, flute (November 2002)
Sonata for Viola and Piano (February 2003)
Sephardic Suite for Solo Cello (March 2003)
For Poulenc, flute and piano (August 8, 2003) [originally a song to a text by Frank O'Hara; transcribed for flute]
Three Pieces for Trombone and Piano from Poems by William Butler Yeats (August 2003)
[These pieces began as choral pieces, found their way into an arrangement for brass quartet and piano, regained their texts and became songs for baritone, and finally found their home as pieces for trombone and piano]
Cante Jondo: Five Pieces after Poems by Federico Garcia Lorca, flute and piano (August 2003)
Prelude, Aria, and Burlesque, double bass and harpsichord (September 2003)
Four Greek Myths, contrabassoon and piano (April 1, 2004)
Oh to be an angel, clarinet and piano (April 16, 2004)
Four Movements for Violin and Piano (June 2004)
Luxury Suite, viola or cello and piano (May 2005) [Populuxe (a tango), Opuluxe, and Technoluxe]
Sweet Suite, tenor or saxophone and piano (June 2005; also for alto sax and piano, December 2005)
Lilliburlero, violin and harp (September 2005; also for violin and piano, January 2006, unpublished)
Song of the Limberlost, harp (October 2005)
Elnora's Violin, violin (November 2005)
Fearful Symmetry, violin and piano (July 2006)
Harlequin Sonata, contrabassoon and piano (December 2006)
More Greek Myths, contrabassoon and piano (February 2007)
Little Suite for Solo Euphonium (April 2007)
Piccolo Sonata, piccolo and piano (May 2007)
Sonata for Euphonium and Piano (September 22, 2007) [in WIMA]
Cloud 999, violin and piano (April 25, 2008) [in WIMA] [based on J.S. Bach: BWV 999]
Two Pieces for Viola and Piano (May 20, 2008) [in WIMA]
Sonata d’amore, oboe d’amore and viola d’amore (August 20, 2008) [in WIMA]
Birthday Piece for Viola d'amore and Piano (April 30, 2009) [in WIMA]
Summer Music for Violin and Piano (June 30, 2009) [in WIMA]
Piano
Piano Piece for Hasie (2001, unpublished)
Six Preludes, piano (January 2001)
Sonata Ostinato, piano (October 2002)
Inventions and Creations: Five Very Short Pieces for Piano (July 2004)
[Invention; Suspended in Locos; A Picture in Subaeolian Blue; Subterfuge; Afterword]
Prairie Snow, piano (December 2007) [in WIMA]
New Year's Piece for 2009, piano (January 1, 2009) [in WIMA]
Occasional Music: Barack Obama at the G20 Summit, piano (April 3, 2009) [in WIMA]
Vocal
The Whole Magilla, 3 Purim songs for children (1996, unpublished)
Three Frank O'Hara Songs, mezzo-soprano and piano (2000, unpublished)
[An Airplane Whistle; For Poulenc; Oh to be an Angel]
Two Agee Songs, tenor and piano (2000, unpublished) [No Room; Sad Heart]
Under the apricot tree, countertenor, bass flute and viola (2001)
Two Settings from The Song of Songs, countertenor, flute/alto flute, viola and harp (2001-2002)
[I will sing the song of all songs; Tell me my true love]
Cante Jondo, Six Poems by Federico García Lorca, medium voice and piano (May 2002)
The Gloves, baritone, flute, cello and harpsichord (February 2003)
Come into the Garden, Maud (Alfred Lord Tennyson), baritone and piano (April 2003)
The Bird Phoenix, soprano, flute, harp, violin and viola (June 2003)
Sweet Dancer, medium voice and piano (June 2003, unpublished)
Three Longfellow Songs, voice and piano (March 2004) [The Day is Done; Afternoon in February; The Arrow and the Song]
Four Songs from Cynthia's Revels (Ben Jonson), tenor and piano (May 2004)
Kubla Khan, soprano, bassoon, bongo drums and piano (May 2004)
Musings and Observations, voice and piano (November 2005) [in WIMA]
Bird in a Golden Cage, soprano, flute and piano (July 2009) [in AMC]
Asleep in the Deep, soprano, flute and piano (July 2009) [in AMC]
Electronic
Imagine Happiness [one of 60 pieces that is part of the Vox Novus 60X60 project, 2003]
FINE LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Composer's website . . . contact Elaine Fine: here
Elaine Fine's Thematic Catalog
Musical Assumptions
Elaine Fine @ All About Opera
Elaine Fine @ American Music Center
Elaine Fine @ Theodore Front Musical Literature
Elaine Fine @ Google+
Elaine Fine @ IMSLP
Elaine Fine @ Jeanné, Inc.
Elaine Fine @ NetNewMusic
Elaine Fine @ Subito Music
Elaine Fine @ Vox Novus
Elaine Fine @ Werner Icking Music Archive
Publisher
Elaine Fine @ Elaine Fine's Thematic Catalog
Elaine Fine @ IMSLP
Elaine Fine @ Werner Icking Music Archive
Streaming Audio
Elaine Fine @ University of Illinois School of Music
Elaine Fine @ Werner Icking Music Archive
Recordings
Elaine Fine @ ArkivMusic
Video
Elaine Fine @ YouTube
Elaine Fine @ Google Video
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