Elaine Fine
@musicalassumptions.bsky.social
I am a composer, violist, and violinist. I also write a lot about music on my musical assumptions blog (http://musicalassumptions.blogspot.com). You can see music I have written on my http://thematiccatalog.blogspot.com blog.
#classical-music #viola
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Lander is being release now from DHS/ICE custody now.
June 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Lander is being release now from DHS/ICE custody now.
#Nokingsday Mary Miller’s district in Illinois. More than 570 people came to Charleston to protest.
June 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#Nokingsday Mary Miller’s district in Illinois. More than 570 people came to Charleston to protest.
Looking for an 18-minute intermezzo for three voices, violin, and piano set to an Andersen story? #vocalmusic, #chambermusicwithvoice thematiccatalog.blogspot.com/2007/06/the-...
The Pen and the Inkwell
This is an intermezzo based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen for a soprano (who plays the part of the inkwell), a tenor (who plays the...
thematiccatalog.blogspot.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Looking for an 18-minute intermezzo for three voices, violin, and piano set to an Andersen story? #vocalmusic, #chambermusicwithvoice thematiccatalog.blogspot.com/2007/06/the-...
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The Coles County Democrats are taking the fight to Congresswoman Mary Miller!
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jg-tc.com/article_edf8...
Normally routine U.S. Rep. Miller staff event in Coles County draws concerned crowd
More than 50 community members turned out to share their concerns during the mobile office hours event held by U.S. Rep. Mary Miller's staff at the LifeSpan Center.
jg-tc.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Coles County Democrats are taking the fight to Congresswoman Mary Miller!
jg-tc.com/article_edf8...
jg-tc.com/article_edf8...
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Why we should stop wishing we were special – and celebrate being ordinary
Why we should stop wishing we were special – and celebrate being ordinary
Trying to dazzle others with our brilliance all the time can lead us into dark places and take us further away from who we really are
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Why we should stop wishing we were special – and celebrate being ordinary
Google AI explains the ins and outs of the “rectal craniotomy”: mleddy.blogspot.com/2025/02/than...
Thanks, AI!
Hearing a conservative commentator dismiss presidential self-fashioning as king or emperor as “winsome and whimsical,” I thought, There’s a...
mleddy.blogspot.com
February 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Google AI explains the ins and outs of the “rectal craniotomy”: mleddy.blogspot.com/2025/02/than...
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This is the question to keep asking. Especially Obama, Bush, and Clinton. Whatever norms you think you're respecting no longer exist. Where are you?
Let me ask again: where are presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton. Where are the Fortune 500 CEOs? The university presidents. Is all this “leadership” stuff they tout just words?
I don’t want to think so but the question must be asked.
I don’t want to think so but the question must be asked.
February 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is the question to keep asking. Especially Obama, Bush, and Clinton. Whatever norms you think you're respecting no longer exist. Where are you?
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For musicians who knew June DeForest: musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/02/dani...
Daniel Morganstern, Guest blogger "A Late Bloomer"
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For musicians who knew June DeForest: musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/02/dani...
For musicians who knew June DeForest: musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/02/dani...
Daniel Morganstern, Guest blogger "A Late Bloomer"
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For musicians who knew June DeForest: musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/02/dani...
New transcriptions of “To a Wild Rose” for solo mandolin, solo violin, and solo viola: thematiccatalog.blogspot.com/2025/02/tran... #mandolin #violin #viola Made for fun and available for free, because life isn’t easy these days.
Transcription: To A Wild Rose for Solo Mandolin, Solo Violin, or Solo Viola
You can find a PDF on this page of the IMSLP , where you will also find an arrangement I made for string quartet.
thematiccatalog.blogspot.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New transcriptions of “To a Wild Rose” for solo mandolin, solo violin, and solo viola: thematiccatalog.blogspot.com/2025/02/tran... #mandolin #violin #viola Made for fun and available for free, because life isn’t easy these days.
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How we got Manila folders and envelopes, and what “Manila” means in the context of said folder. Hint: It’s not a color, and you may find the source surprising. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16953952/manila-folder-envelope-history
Manila Folder History: The Dossier On Dossier Containers
How we got Manila folders and envelopes, and what “Manila” means in the context of said folder. Hint: It’s not a color, and you may find the source surprising.
feed.tedium.co
February 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How we got Manila folders and envelopes, and what “Manila” means in the context of said folder. Hint: It’s not a color, and you may find the source surprising. https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16953952/manila-folder-envelope-history
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Donald Trump is responsible for the deaths of 65 dead Americans killed in last night's plane/Blackhawk collision after firing 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head, and 3,000 air traffic controllers just 8 days ago.
January 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Donald Trump is responsible for the deaths of 65 dead Americans killed in last night's plane/Blackhawk collision after firing 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head, and 3,000 air traffic controllers just 8 days ago.
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A mere 6 days after Felon 47 and the Republicans attack the FAA with their right-wing Christian culture war, tragedy strikes.
Bravo, Americans who voted for Dump or didn’t vote at all.
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Bravo, Americans who voted for Dump or didn’t vote at all.
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FAA executive order follows a conservative talking point on diversity in aviation
Critics of Trump's order say cutting DEI programs at the FAA may create larger problems with recruiting, safety and retention.
www.nbcnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A mere 6 days after Felon 47 and the Republicans attack the FAA with their right-wing Christian culture war, tragedy strikes.
Bravo, Americans who voted for Dump or didn’t vote at all.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Bravo, Americans who voted for Dump or didn’t vote at all.
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Thoughts about tonality: musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/01/tona...
Tonality and Life (drawing, that is)
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Thoughts about tonality: musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/01/tona...
Has anybody heard of Aristides von Manowarda? Inquiring musical minds want to know!
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/01/aris...
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/01/aris...
Aristides von Manowarda Viola d'Amore Duet
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com
January 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Has anybody heard of Aristides von Manowarda? Inquiring musical minds want to know!
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/01/aris...
musicalassumptions.blogspot.com/2025/01/aris...