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Operas &
Cycles

The Death of Don Juan
Revision of 1985 opera

60'

2005

Fully staged production, Franklin Pierce College, 2005, directed by Robert Lawson

Orfreo
Soprano, mezzo, countertenor, baritone, and Baroque orchestra: harpsichord, string quartet, oboe, flute, contrabass
Libretto by Michael Andre
Commissioned by Harpsichord Unlimited

35’

2004

Merkin Hall, 2004
Elaine Comparone, The Queen’s Chamber Band, Marshall Coid, countertenor, Rudolph Palmer, conductor

Waking in New York
Baritone, soprano, mezzo, full orchestra
Libretto by Allen Ginsberg

30’

2004

New York City Opera VOX series Symphony Space, New York 2004
New York City Opera orchestra & singers, Jeffrey Domoto, conductor

Waking in New York
Soprano, mezzo, baritone, string quartet, flute, contrabass, percussion, synthesizer
Libretto by Allen Ginsberg

70'

1999

The Construction Company, 1999
Elodie Lauten Ensemble
14 St Y Theater, 2001
Downtown Music Productions,
Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
Snug Harbor Festival, 2002
Elodie Lauten Ensemble
Directed by Elizabeth Falk

The Deus Ex Machina Cycle
Two sopranos, baritone, harpsichord, string quartet, flute
Libretto by: Lauten, Rilke, Verlaine, Pascal, Melody Sumner Carnahan, Steven Hall
Commissioned by the Soho Baroque Opera

90'

1995

Soho Baroque Opera, 1996

Merkin Hall, WNYC New Sounds Live Elaine Comparone, , Meredith Borden & Mary Hurlbut, sopranos, Thomas Buckner, baritone, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor

Existence
Tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano and narrator, piano, synthesizer, percussion
Music and libretto by Lauten

90'

1990

Performing Garage, 1990
Elodie Lauten Ensemble
Directed by Elodie Lauten
Video by Elodie Lauten

The Death of Don Juan
Computer generated tape, 4 sopranos, harpsichord, Trine (custom lyre), cello, synthesizer, Grand Trine (custom harp)
Music and libretto by Lauten Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts Opera & Music Theater, and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts

60'

1985

Institute of Contemporary Art,
Boston, 1987
Elodie Lauten Ensemble, w/ Arthur Russell, cello, Peter Zummo, trombone; stage director Gideon Schein; video artist Susan Britton

Soundtracks

(pieces for tape, with or without a formal score,
containing improvisatory elements)

WeatherMuzik
Piano, synthesizer and computer animation

2006

Internet, 2006

Crossroads Variations
Solo piano

45’

2004

Faust Harrison, 2006

Harmonic Protection Circle 2004 Synthesizer, electric guitar, percussion, contrabass

30’

2004

WOOT Festival, 2004
Elodie Lauten Ensemble: Mustafa Ahmed, Jonathan Hirschman, Mathew Fieldes

Harmonic Protection Circle 2003
Trine, electric guitar

25’

2003

The Construction Company, 2003 Elodie Lauten, Jonathan Hirschman

The Mystery of the Elements
Piano, electronic

60'

2002

Greenwich House, Elodie Lauten

S.O.S.W.T.C.
Electronic

60'

2001

Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Elodie Lauten

Double X
Electronic, voice, flute

25'

1999

American Festival of Microtonal Music
Elodie Lauten, Andrew Bolotowsky

Inscapes from Exile
Electronic

74’

1995

Experimental Intermedia, 1995
Elodie Lauten

Tronik Involutions
Electronic

74’

1993

LaMama, 1993
Elodie Lauten

Remembrance of Things Past
Electronic, cello
Music for sound installation based on the writing of Marcel Proust

60'

1988

Penine Hart Gallery,
Elodie Lauten, w/Arthur Russell, cello

Untitled
5 pieces for live Fairlight computer, electric violin, cello, Trine, piano Commissioned by the Lincoln Center Serious Fun Series

30’

1988

Alice Tully Hall, 1988
Elodie Lauten Ensemble, w/Arthur Russell, Nick Didkovsky

Blue Rhythms
Piano and electronic

74’

1987

Krash Music
Eectronic, singers

15'

1986

LaMama
Elodie Lauten Ensemble

Sonate Ordinaire
Solo piano

25'

1986

Merkin Hall, WNYC New Sounds, 1986
Elodie Lauten

Sonate Modale
Piano and tape

15'

1985

Music Gallery, Toronto, 1985
Elodie Lauten

Action Music
Piano and sound environment

30'

1985

Whitney Museum Philip Morris,
Elodie Lauten, 1985

Music for the Trine, a custom-designed amplified lyre
Electronic, Trine, voice, cello

40'

1985

La Mama, 1988
Elodie Lauten, Arthur Russell

Magnetic Fields
Electronic, Trine

25'

1985

Dance Theater Workshop, 1985
Elodie Lauten

The Soundless Sound
Electronic

60'

1984

Experimental Intermedia, 1984
LaMama, 1991
Elodie Lauten

The Enigma of a Lovely/Loveless Existence
Concrete, Casiotone, voice

35'

1983

New York Theater Ensemble, presented by Studio Pass,
Elodie Lauten

Piano Works
Piano, concrete, synthesizer

35'

1983

Dance Theater Workshop, 1983
Elodie Lauten

Chamber Music

Justification by Faith
Flute and voice
Setting of a poem by Michael Andre

5'

2007

LESPA Benefit, 2008

Gypsy Variations
Trio for violin, cello, piano

6'

2005

LESPA Benefit, 2008

The Five-Petal Proportion
Instrumental from
The Two-Cents Opera
Flute, violin, and tape

5'

2008

Downtown Music Productions, 2008

Haunting, Healing
Instrumental from The Two-Cents Opera for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and tape

10'

2007

Seattle Chamber Players, Icebreaker Festival: Classics of Downtown, 2008

Memory of Mother
Solo cello

5'

2007

2008, LESPA benefit, NYC

Moods
Solo Contrabass

30'

2006

Ecocity
Woodwind Quintet & Percussion

15'

2006

American Festival of Microtonal Music, 2007, New York

Ghost of John Cage
Solo piano

3'

2006

Faust Harrison, New York

Links
Solo flute

6’

2004

Hope College, MI, 2004

The Wish of the Quickening Moon
String quartet

11’

2003

Hope College, MI, 2004

Sex and Pre-Anti-Post Modernism
Contrabass/voice
Setting of text by Michael Andre

6’

2002

Greenwich House, New York
Soloist: Rafael Agudelo

T.E.V.B. (The Elusive Virgin Bachelor)
Trio (piano, violin, cello)

12’

2002

Faust Harrison, New York (2006)

Space-Time Sextet
String sextet (3 violins, viola, cello, contrabass)

12’

2001

Not performed

Mantra
Vocal sextet

5’

2001

Not performed

American Dreamscape
Solo piano

8’

2000

Not performed

Lunaticity
Baroque ensemble
Commissioned by Harpsichord Unlimited

5’

1999

Merkin Hall, 1999
Elaine Comparone and the Queen’s Chamber Band

Prophecy
Solo viola

5’

1999

Greenwich House, 2002
Soloist: Tania Askins

Irrational Synergies
Baritone, flute, clarinet, saxophone, cello Setting of poems by Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings
Commissioned by The Lark Ascending

15’

1998

Church of St Paul, 1999
Mark Duer, baritone

Indigo
Two Harpsichords

10

1997

St Peter's Church
Igor Kipnis & Elaine Comparone

Discombobulations
Electronic, electric guitar, flute, soprano, lyrics by Steven Hall

10’

1997

American Festival of Microtonal Music, NYU Elodie Lauten Ensemble

Variations on the Orange Cycle
Solo piano

25’

1991

Merkin Hall, 1995
Soloist: Lois Svard

Concerto for Piano and Orchestral Memory
Piano, tape, synthesizer, cello, trombone, violin, viola

60’

1984

Columbia University
Elodie Lauten

Orchestral

Strange Attractors

5

2005

Fredonia University, 2005

100 Variations for Orchestra

8

2005

Not performed

Harmonic Protection Circle

4’

2003

Not performed

Symphony 2001
Commissioned by the Bozeman Symphony Society

20’

2000

Bozeman Symphony Society, Montana, 2001

SEM Ensemble, New York 2003

Dance

The Soundless Sound
Electronic

30’

2004

Music Under Construction, 2003
Nancy Zendora Dance Company

She-Wolf
Electronic (Fairlight computer)

20’

1987

St Marks Church
Elinor Coleman Dance Company

Oedipus Rex
Electronic/computer (Fairlight)
Commissioned by Robert Streicher

60'

1984

St Marks Church
Peter Streicher Dance Company

BACK		List of Compositions
GENRE	TITLE	DURATION, YEAR COMPOSED, PERFORMANCE
Operas & Cycles	The Death of Don Juan Revision of 1985 opera	60'	2005	Fully staged production, Franklin Pierce College, 2005, directed by Robert Lawson
	Orfreo Soprano, mezzo, countertenor, baritone, and Baroque orchestra: harpsichord, string quartet, oboe, flute, contrabass Libretto by Michael Andre Commissioned by Harpsichord Unlimited	35’	2004	Merkin Hall, 2004 Elaine Comparone, The Queen’s Chamber Band, Marshall Coid, countertenor, Rudolph Palmer, conductor
	Waking in New York Baritone, soprano, mezzo, full orchestra Libretto by Allen Ginsberg	30’	2004	New York City Opera VOX series Symphony Space, New York 2004 New York City Opera orchestra & singers, Jeffrey Domoto, conductor
	Waking in New York Soprano, mezzo, baritone, string quartet, flute, contrabass, percussion, synthesizer Libretto by Allen Ginsberg	70'	1999	The Construction Company, 1999 Elodie Lauten Ensemble 14 St Y Theater, 2001 Downtown Music Productions, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor Snug Harbor Festival, 2002 Elodie Lauten Ensemble Directed by Elizabeth Falk
	The Deus Ex Machina Cycle Two sopranos, baritone, harpsichord, string quartet, flute Libretto by: Lauten, Rilke, Verlaine, Pascal, Melody Sumner Carnahan, Steven Hall Commissioned by the Soho Baroque Opera	90'	1995	Soho Baroque Opera, 1996 Merkin Hall, WNYC New Sounds Live Elaine Comparone, , Meredith Borden & Mary Hurlbut, sopranos, Thomas Buckner, baritone, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, conductor
	Existence Tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano and narrator, piano, synthesizer, percussion Music and libretto by Lauten	90'	1990	Performing Garage, 1990 Elodie Lauten Ensemble Directed by Elodie Lauten Video by Elodie Lauten
	The Death of Don Juan Computer generated tape, 4 sopranos, harpsichord, Trine (custom lyre), cello, synthesizer, Grand Trine (custom harp) Music and libretto by Lauten Commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts Opera & Music Theater, and the Massachusetts Council on the Arts	60'	1985	Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, 1987 Elodie Lauten Ensemble, w/ Arthur Russell, cello, Peter Zummo, trombone; stage director Gideon Schein; video artist Susan Britton
GENRE	TITLE	DURATION, YEAR COMPOSED, PERFORMANCE
Soundtracks (pieces for tape, with or without a formal score, containing improvisatory elements)	WeatherMuzik Piano, synthesizer and computer animation		2006	Internet, 2006
	Crossroads Variations Solo piano	45’	2004	Faust Harrison, 2006
	Harmonic Protection Circle 2004 Synthesizer, electric guitar, percussion, contrabass	30’	2004	WOOT Festival, 2004 Elodie Lauten Ensemble: Mustafa Ahmed, Jonathan Hirschman, Mathew Fieldes
	Harmonic Protection Circle 2003 Trine, electric guitar	25’	2003	The Construction Company, 2003 Elodie Lauten, Jonathan Hirschman
	The Mystery of the Elements Piano, electronic	60'	2002	Greenwich House, Elodie Lauten
	S.O.S.W.T.C. Electronic	60'	2001	Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Elodie Lauten
	Double X Electronic, voice, flute	25'	1999	American Festival of Microtonal Music Elodie Lauten, Andrew Bolotowsky
	Inscapes from Exile Electronic	74’	1995	Experimental Intermedia, 1995 Elodie Lauten
	Tronik Involutions Electronic	74’	1993	LaMama, 1993 Elodie Lauten
	Remembrance of Things Past Electronic, cello Music for sound installation based on the writing of Marcel Proust	60'	1988	Penine Hart Gallery, Elodie Lauten, w/Arthur Russell, cello
	Untitled 5 pieces for live Fairlight computer, electric violin, cello, Trine, piano Commissioned by the Lincoln Center Serious Fun Series	30’	1988	Alice Tully Hall, 1988 Elodie Lauten Ensemble, w/Arthur Russell, Nick Didkovsky
	Blue Rhythms Piano and electronic	74’	1987
	Krash Music Eectronic, singers	15'	1986	LaMama Elodie Lauten Ensemble
	Sonate Ordinaire Solo piano	25'	1986	Merkin Hall, WNYC New Sounds, 1986 Elodie Lauten
	Sonate Modale Piano and tape	15'	1985	Music Gallery, Toronto, 1985 Elodie Lauten
	Action Music Piano and sound environment	30'	1985	Whitney Museum Philip Morris, Elodie Lauten, 1985
	Music for the Trine, a custom-designed amplified lyre Electronic, Trine, voice, cello	40'	1985	La Mama, 1988 Elodie Lauten, Arthur Russell
	Magnetic Fields Electronic, Trine	25'	1985	Dance Theater Workshop, 1985 Elodie Lauten
	The Soundless Sound Electronic	60'	1984	Experimental Intermedia, 1984 LaMama, 1991 Elodie Lauten
	The Enigma of a Lovely/Loveless Existence Concrete, Casiotone, voice	35'	1983	New York Theater Ensemble, presented by Studio Pass, Elodie Lauten
	Piano Works Piano, concrete, synthesizer	35'	1983	Dance Theater Workshop, 1983 Elodie Lauten
GENRE	TITLE	DURATION, YEAR COMPOSED, PERFORMANCE
Chamber Music	Justification by Faith Flute and voice Setting of a poem by Michael Andre	5'	2007	LESPA Benefit, 2008
	Gypsy Variations Trio for violin, cello, piano	6'	2005	LESPA Benefit, 2008
	The Five-Petal Proportion Instrumental from The Two-Cents Opera Flute, violin, and tape	5'	2008	Downtown Music Productions, 2008
	Haunting, Healing Instrumental from The Two-Cents Opera for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and tape	10'	2007	Seattle Chamber Players, Icebreaker Festival: Classics of Downtown, 2008
	Memory of Mother Solo cello	5'	2007	2008, LESPA benefit, NYC
	Moods Solo Contrabass	30'	2006
	Ecocity Woodwind Quintet & Percussion	15'	2006	American Festival of Microtonal Music, 2007, New York
	Ghost of John Cage Solo piano	3'	2006	Faust Harrison, New York
	Links Solo flute	6’	2004	Hope College, MI, 2004
	The Wish of the Quickening Moon String quartet	11’	2003	Hope College, MI, 2004
	Sex and Pre-Anti-Post Modernism Contrabass/voice Setting of text by Michael Andre	6’	2002	Greenwich House, New York Soloist: Rafael Agudelo
	T.E.V.B. (The Elusive Virgin Bachelor) Trio (piano, violin, cello)	12’	2002	Faust Harrison, New York (2006)
	Space-Time Sextet String sextet (3 violins, viola, cello, contrabass)	12’	2001	Not performed
	Mantra Vocal sextet	5’	2001	Not performed
	American Dreamscape Solo piano	8’	2000	Not performed
	Lunaticity Baroque ensemble Commissioned by Harpsichord Unlimited	5’	1999	Merkin Hall, 1999 Elaine Comparone and the Queen’s Chamber Band
	Prophecy Solo viola	5’	1999	Greenwich House, 2002 Soloist: Tania Askins
	Irrational Synergies Baritone, flute, clarinet, saxophone, cello Setting of poems by Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, E.E. Cummings Commissioned by The Lark Ascending	15’	1998	Church of St Paul, 1999 Mark Duer, baritone
	Indigo Two Harpsichords	10	1997	St Peter's Church Igor Kipnis & Elaine Comparone
	Discombobulations Electronic, electric guitar, flute, soprano, lyrics by Steven Hall	10’	1997	American Festival of Microtonal Music, NYU Elodie Lauten Ensemble
	Variations on the Orange Cycle Solo piano	25’	1991	Merkin Hall, 1995 Soloist: Lois Svard
	Concerto for Piano and Orchestral Memory Piano, tape, synthesizer, cello, trombone, violin, viola	60’	1984	Columbia University Elodie Lauten
GENRE	TITLE	DURATION, YEAR COMPOSED, PERFORMANCE
Orchestral	Strange Attractors	5	2005	Fredonia University, 2005
	100 Variations for Orchestra	8	2005	Not performed
	Harmonic Protection Circle	4’	2003	Not performed
	Symphony 2001 Commissioned by the Bozeman Symphony Society	20’	2000	Bozeman Symphony Society, Montana, 2001 SEM Ensemble, New York 2003
GENRE	TITLE	DURATION, YEAR COMPOSED, PERFORMANCE
Dance	The Soundless Sound Electronic	30’	2004	Music Under Construction, 2003 Nancy Zendora Dance Company
	She-Wolf Electronic (Fairlight computer)	20’	1987	St Marks Church Elinor Coleman Dance Company
	Oedipus Rex Electronic/computer (Fairlight) Commissioned by Robert Streicher	60'	1984	St Marks Church Peter Streicher Dance Company