Elodie Lauten

Elodie Lauten (1950-2014) was a composer born in Paris who made her career in New York. Her music, often called postminimalist, pairs the stillness of minimalism with tonal melody and ostinato; she played keyboards and the Trine, a microtonal lyre she designed. Allen Ginsberg, a friend, wrote the libretto for her opera Waking in New York. Her earlier opera The Death of Don Juan features Arthur Russell as the tenor voice of Don Juan and on cello.