Dennis Báthory-Kitsz Explained

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
Birth Date:14 March 1949
Origin:Plainfield, New Jersey
Genre:Modern Classical
Occupation:Composer, author, editor, teacher, technologist
Years Active:1970–present

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born March 14, 1949, in Plainfield, New Jersey) (pseudonyms: Dennis Bathory, Dennis Kitsz, Dennis J. Kitsz, Dennis Bathory Kitsz, Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Báthory Dénes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna) is a Hungarian-American author and composer.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Aside from music, he was an author during the first generation of personal computers (1979–85),[11] [12] and interviewed Bill Gates.[13] His career in technology is evident in over 600 articles and books on the subject.[14] He was involved in the post-Fluxus art movement (1973–78), and was also director of Vermont's Alliance of Independent Country Stores (2001–2010).[15] [16] [17] Since 2010 he has been adjunct professor composition, theory, and music technology at Johnson State College.[18]

Báthory lives in Northfield, Vermont. He claims to be a descendant of the Báthory family, a prominent central European clan during the Middle Ages but no proof of this can be found.

Music and works

A prolific composer, Báthory-Kitsz has more than 1,100 compositions, sound installations, and electronic works for all manner of vocal and instrumental combinations. His compositions include sound sculpture, solo and chamber music for the instruments of classical music, electronic music, stage shows, orchestral pieces, dance music, opera, interactive multimedia, sound installations, and performance art events. He has also designed and built new musical instruments.[19] [20] Over the years he has earned 28 ASCAP Awards for his works.

Báthory has advocated what he calls contemporary "non-pop" music,[21] and the performance of contemporary classical music (new music) in preference to the music of composers of past eras. He offers his compositions to be downloaded and played for free, but does not release them into the public domain and takes royalties for public performance as usual. His organ work Yer Attention, Please has been performed by Kevin Bowyer.[22] His Dashuki Music Theatre has performed at Charlotte Moorman's Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York.[23]

Although primarily self-taught, Clarence Barlow was his only composition teacher.

Kalvos & Damian

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz is known for co-founding and co-hosting Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar[24] [25] with the composer David Gunn.[26] Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar was an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award-winning radio/web program that ran 537 shows from 1995-2005.

Ought-One festival

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz also founded and organized the Ought-One festival.[27] [28]

We Are All Mozart

The We Are All Mozart project (WAAM) demanded a finished commissioned composition each day in year 2007. Not a complete success the project received a 100 commissions which Dennis Báthory-Kitsz completed.[29] [30]

Erzsébet: The Opera

In 1987 Dennis Bathory-Kitsz was planning to write an opera about Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian ruler which considered to be the most profiled female serial killer in all of history. Dennis created the "Erzsébet: The Opera" website in 1996 which was featured at Microsoft’s old home page it received millions of hits in one week. People submitted articles, artwork and novels for the website. The first article on Erzsébet: The Opera was published in "Requiem" in France in 1998.[31] In 2001 a team from The Travel Channel found the website and sent Dennis Bathory-Kitsz to Cachtice in Slovakia for a show called "World’s Bloodiest Dungeons". A clip of the makings of the opera behind the scenes was on "Deadly Women" a show aired in 2004 on The Discovery Channel. The entire opera was produced by the composer in 2011.[32] [33] [34] [35]

Publications

Books

Scores

Discography

Interviews, articles, and reviews

Selected list of compositions

For a full list of compositions, please see here.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kyle Gann . > music > Consumer Guide by Kyle Gann . village voice . September 1, 1998 . December 17, 2011 . April 9, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060409234040/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9835,gann,3409,22.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Kyle Gann . > music > New music online by Kyle Gann . village voice . July 6, 1999 . December 17, 2011 . July 5, 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070705025819/http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9927,gann,6861,22.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Steppin' Out . Ascap.com . December 17, 2011.
  4. Web site: VCME Repertoire . Vcme.org . December 17, 2011.
  5. Web site: Frog Peak Artist:Dennis Bathory-Kitsz . Frogpeak.org . December 17, 2011.
  6. Web site: Noah Creshevsky 60th Birthday Concert . Newmus.net . November 3, 2005 . December 17, 2011.
  7. http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=1716 NewMusicBox
  8. Web site: AiA review . Pavelkraus.com . June 25, 2005 . December 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207094942/http://www.pavelkraus.com/FILES/AiA_MYL.html . February 7, 2012 . dead .
  9. Web site: Christian Science Monitor Blog | In Focus Archive September, 2004 . Weblogs.csmonitor.com . February 3, 2009 . December 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080611074630/http://weblogs.csmonitor.com/in_focus/2004/week40/index.html . June 11, 2008 . dead .
  10. Web site: Norberto . esculpiendo milagros . Esculpiendo.blogspot.com . February 2, 2004 . December 17, 2011.
  11. [Amazon.com]
  12. Web site: RFID Update Contributors . Rfidupdate.com . December 17, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206131208/http://www.rfidupdate.com/contributors/?id=15 . February 6, 2012 . dead .
  13. Web site: Slashdot | B. Gates Rants About Software Copyrights – in 1980 . January 21, 2000 . Features.slashdot.org . December 17, 2011.
  14. Web site: Resume of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz a.k.a. Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Bathory Denes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna, Rotely Durr. maltedmedia.com. 2016-01-14.
  15. News: Vermont's Country Stores Organize to Face Threats. Katie. Zezima. The New York Times . November 28, 2004. February 1, 2018. NYTimes.com.
  16. Web site: What is VAICS? - VAICS, The Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores. vaics.org. February 1, 2018. September 2, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180902084425/http://vaics.org/about. dead.
  17. Web site: Country Stores of Vermont, A History and Guide. countrystoresofvermont.org. 2016-01-14.
  18. Web site: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz Johnson State College. www.jsc.edu. 2016-01-14. January 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160121005949/http://www.jsc.edu/directory/dennis-bathory-kitsz. dead.
  19. Web site: experimental musical instruments review page 4 . Psychevanhetfolk.homestead.com . December 17, 2011.
  20. Web site: Dennis Báthory-Kitsz: My Original Instruments . Maltedmedia.com . December 17, 2011.
  21. http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0137,gann,28027,22.html We Will, We Will Nonpop YouWe Will, We Will Nonpop You by Kyle Gann, Village Voice, September 11, 2001
  22. Web site: Glasgow Pipeworks, Programmes. glasgowpipeworks.com. February 1, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928205019/http://www.glasgowpipeworks.com/programmes/gpw2.htm. September 28, 2007. dead.
  23. Web site: Gendarme, with Dashuki Music Theatre at the World Trade Center, 1977. transmedia-arts.com. February 1, 2018.
  24. http://www.villagevoice.com/music/9927,gann,6861,22.html Sound Bytes of Truth by Kyle Gann, Village Voice July 6, 1999
  25. Web site: FAQ's at Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar . Kalvos.org . August 3, 2002 . December 17, 2011.
  26. http://www.newmusicbox.org/article.nmbx?id=713 Retuning the Dial: Rethinking the Relationship between Radio and New American Music
  27. http://www.newmusicon.org/v9n4/v94ought1.htm Ought One Have Attended?, By David Cleary, New Music Connoisseur
  28. http://204.151.38.11/cmj/reviews/26-1/hymer-ought.html{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ought-One Festival Reviewed by Jennifer Hymer, Computer Music Journal
  29. Web site: Dennis Báthory-Kitsz 365-Day Composition Project, We Are All Mozart. weareallmozart.com. February 1, 2018.
  30. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_widesearch=yes&p_multi=RHDB|BMAB|&p_product=MCNP&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_fselect-0=title&p_text_fselect-0=Vermont%20composer%20100&s_dispstring=headline%28Vermont%20composer%20100%29%20AND%20date%28all%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Vermont composer completes 100 works in one year
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  32. Web site: Sequenza21/ » Archive for Music Events. www.sequenza21.com. February 1, 2018.
  33. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_widesearch=yes&p_multi=RHDB|BMAB|&p_product=MCNP&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_fselect-0=title&p_text_fselect-0=New%20work%20can%20be%20blood-curdling&s_dispstring=headline%28New%20work%20can%20be%20blood-curdling%29%20AND%20date%28all%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no New work can be blood-curdling
  34. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_widesearch=yes&p_multi=RHDB|BMAB|&p_product=MCNP&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_fselect-0=title&p_text_fselect-0=NErzs%E9bet:%20The%20%27female%20Dracula%27%20or%20merely%20a%20hated%20powerful%20woman&s_dispstring=headline%28NErzs%E9bet:%20The%20%27female%20Dracula%27%20or%20merely%20a%20hated%20powerful%20woman%29%20AND%20date%28all%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Erzsébet: The 'female Dracula' or merely a hated powerful woman?
  35. http://www.7dvt.com/2011blood-countess-opera-premieres-24-years-making Blood Countess Opera Premieres, 24 Years
  36. Book: Báthory-Kitsz, Dennis. Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide. February 1, 2018. History Press. 9781596294752. February 1, 2018. Google Books.
  37. Book: Bathory-Kitsz, Dennis. 2. Country Stores of Vermont:: A History and Guide. The History Press. 2013-11-19. 9781626192720. English.
  38. Book: Kitsz, Dennis Batory. Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, a chronology & annotated bibliography. February 1, 1983. Newberry Library. 0911028250.
  39. Web site: Resume of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz a.k.a. Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Bathory Denes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna, Rotely Durr. maltedmedia.com. 2016-01-19.
  40. Web site: Resume of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz a.k.a. Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Bathory Denes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna, Rotely Durr. maltedmedia.com. 2016-01-14.
  41. http://www.capstonerecords.org/CPS-8744.html 60x60 (2003)
  42. Web site: 60x60 (2004–2005) Vox Novus VN-001. Cdbaby.com. December 17, 2011. January 19, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120119231116/http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/60x60. dead.

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