Dennis Báthory-Kitsz composer - engraver - author - editor - photographer

365-Day Composition Project
The "We Are All Mozart" (WAAM) Project

Indexed Catalog of Music
Now including the WAAM compositions

Performance & Event Calendar

Find Everything in the Big List
Also find the WAAM compositions here

The Big List is the compendium of all my music, including published scores, demos, listings of inked (but not yet PDF'ed) scores, corresponding ASCAP numbers for those who will be performing, and even an index of lost and destroyed pieces. Your first stop for compositional compulsion. You can also use the score search at Westleaf Edition (not updated since late 2006).

Indexed Catalog of Music
Now including the WAAM compositions

Listen to over 300 compositions in Midi or audio and download the scores and parts for performance:
Solo Music -- 40+ pieces for clarinet, violin, flute, tuba, recorder, contrabass, bassoon, cello, euphonium, organ, horn, MalletKat...
Keyboard Music -- 55+ compositions from easy student pieces to really tough monsters.
Chamber Music -- 185+ cool movements for small ensembles of all types, from one through 10 players. Organized by two, three, four, or five and more instruments.
Orchestra and Band Music -- 25+ compositions for big groups, many with sets of parts ... even some marches!
Vocal and Choral Music -- 50+ pieces, secular and sacred, solo voice through large chorus
Performance Works -- 25+ works, with more in an upcoming limited-edition collection
Electronic Pieces -- 50+ compositions ... some on CD, some in MP3 format
Many more pieces are available in inked format, so if you don't find it, check the Big List

Exclusive Distributor: Frog Peak

Frog Peak Music is my exclusive distributor. You are welcome to download, print, and perform scores from this site as always, but a purchase from Frog Peak Music is a fast & effective way to get professionally produced scores ready to play, and help the composer earn his pennies.

My Original Instruments Collected

I have collected the surviving photographs from my instruments built from 1969 through 1994. There are 25 or so that I can remember. Here are the pictures and descriptions of my original instruments.

Bass Viola da Gamba For Sale

My bass viola da gamba, built by Fred Carlson in 1982, is for sale q. Reasonable offers in the $6,000 range, please.

Pix of Ionic Performer Synth

Here are pictures of my 1973 Ionic Industries "Performer" Synth, including a copy of the manual's funky cover, several advertising pieces, and a reader complaint. There's also a link to pieces created with this synth and a VSTi emulation!.

Getcher Bumper Sticker!

Join the nonpop "Buy Local" campaign! If you're a composer or supporter of new nonpop, you can get a bumper sticker for five bucks at CafePress, item number 80570307, or even better you can download and print it yourself. The CafePress one is only 10 inches wide, but you can use the full-size image to print a big one on 11x17 paper and trim it to standard 3.75" x 15" bumper sticker size.

Buy Local bumper sticker

We Are All Mozart -- Over but Not Forgotten

We Are All Mozart A 365-day composition project.

The plan was to finish one piece of commissioned music a day in 2007. The commissioning goal wasn't met, but I finished 100 pieces, every one commissioned. The project was a success, and ultimately has influenced many other composers to pursue their compositional goals with intensity and commitment.

Please visit my "We Are All Mozart" website to read about the purpose of this project, and hear demos and the premieres as they come in!

Country Stores of Vermont -- autographed copies

Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide is available from The History Press. It's a really good book, with fantastic pictures and great stories as well as ten fantastic tours of Vermont. You can get it cheaper at Amazon.com or you can get copies from our local Vermont bookstores and country & general stores. But if you want an autographed copy for yourself or as a stocking-stuffer (need a big stocking), the only place to get the book is from me. Really, you know my music and writing about music and technology, and this is as good as that -- maybe better, depending on your musical taste! So get your copy of Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide from me today!.

Updated Vermont Photos

I have updated my candid family and Vermont photos. Here are the newer Vermont photos and here are the newer candid family photos. I am available for hire for candid photos of family gatherings. Coming soon: Photos for Shaline Bridal.

Openings for Engraving and Editing

I have openings for new music engraving clients and book editing clients. Here are samples of my music engraving work, and you can find the results of some of my book editing work at the admittedly very old Transitive Empre site. Here's how to contact me.

Ringtones!

I've indexed them now. Depending on your phone, there are many ways of using them; I've linked a how-to site on the ringtones page. So here are 42 ringtones from my own tunes. They're all under 30 seconds and in mp3 format. Find the ringtones here.

People Have Asked...

...why I give away my music. Here is the answer.

Ionic Performer "Killer" VSTi! ... Ready for you!

At last I've emulated the Ionic Performer synthesizers from 1973 as a VST instrument. You can see more of this instrument, hear samples and download the shareware VSTi (Windows only) with samples, patches, and other stuff: My Killer Synth Page

Unrelated to Music: Vermont Photos

Folks have often asked for my photos. Here are a few for purchase and here are example candid photos if you want to hire me for a family gathering.

Older News

About Me

Landmark Projects

We Are All Mozart:
A Composition Productivity Challenge
Erzsébet:
An Opera on Vampire Elizabeth Bathory
Echo:
A Performance Ritual in Three Parts
Plasm over ocean:
A Chamber Opera in Three Scenes
Stoneworld/Grey:
A Dadaist Performance Work
In Bocca al Lupo:
A Sound/Sculpture Installation
Wolf5:
A Performance Work for "Traveler's Rest"

Diverse Work

Engraving Work:
Samples of contemporary notation
Westleaf Edition:
Publisher of his music
The Transitive Empire:
His writing and editing partnership
Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar:
Show & site where world composers meet
Vermont Alliance of Independent Country Stores:
His economic & community development work
The NonPop International Network:
New nonpop around the world

Photos, Books and Instruments

My Vermont Photos:
Prints available, framed too.
Country Stores of Vermont:
A history and guide
The Middle-Aged Hiker:
A complete book on line
The Karmora Papers:
A really bad sci-fi novel
My Original Instruments:
Over three decades.
The Ionic Performer Synth:
A source of ongoing controversy.

2009 Performances and Events

October 16, Ghent: Scalar Rainbows. Leonard Duna, piano. De Rode Pomp
October 16, Bristol, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book talk and signing at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, 6:15pm dinner, 7:30pm talk.
June 21, Philadelphia: iskajtbrz and The Warbler's Garden. WRTI-HD2, and WRTI.org, on "Now is the Time" with Kile Smith, 10pm.
June 20, Roxbury, Vermont: Car Horn Symphony No. 3. The composer directing! Winch Hill, 2:00pm.
June 20, Sydney: She Who Saves. Michael H. Dixon,, director. St. Stephen's Church Hall, Newtown, 5:00pm.
June 7, Philadelphia: No Money (Lullaby for Bill). WRTI-HD2, and WRTI.org, on "Now is the Time" with Kile Smith, 10pm.
May 24, Brookville, New York: Reception and book signing for "Notations21". Hutchins Gallery, 4pm.
May 7, Stowe, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book talk and signing at the Stowe Free Libary, 4:00pm.
February 8, Colchester, Vermont: Eventide. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble St. Michael's College, 8pm, pre-concert talk, 7:15pm
February 7, Montpelier, Vermont: Eventide. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble Unitarian Church, 8pm, pre-concert talk, 7:15pm
January 25, New York: Into the Morning Rain. American Modern Ensemble, Times Center.

2008 Performances and Events

December 14, Barre, Vermont: Autumn Dig, Green Mountain Youth Symphony, 4pm.
November 14, New York: smuttle, part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project.
October 22, Dublin: XLII: Adeste Hendecasyllabi for voice and piano. David Bremner and Elizabeth Hilliard. Goethe Institut, 6:30pm.
October 18, Colchester, Vermont: O Vox Pop. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble St. Michael's College, 7:15pm
October 17, Montpelier, Vermont: O Vox Pop. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble Unitarian Church, 7:15pm
October 11, Taftsville and Woodstock, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book signing at the Taftsville Store, 11:00am, and F. H. Gillingham's, 1:00pm.
September 27, Burlington, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book signing at the Vermont Grocers' Association Convention, all day.
September 25, Warren and Brandon, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book signing at the Warren Store, 4:00pm, and the Briggs Carriage Bookstore, 7:00pm.
September 14, Waterbury, Vermont: O Vox Pop, for bassoon and bass clarinet. Rachael Eliot and Steven Klimowski. VCME Salon Concert, 4:00pm.
September 6, New York: smuttle, part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project.
September 27, Burlington, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book signing at the Vermont Grocers' Convention.
August 30, Pawlet and Bridgewater Corners, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book signing at Mach's General Store, 11:00am, and Bridgewater Corners Store, 2:30pm.
July 30, Charleston/London: Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide is published by The History Press and made available in bookstores and on Amazon.com
July 19, Plainfield, Vermont: Kalvos & Damian: In the House! returns with 60x60 Extravaganza! 2:30-4:30pm EDT at WGDR-FM. Includes the composers new electroacoustic piece, smuttle
July 17, Weston, Vermont: O Vox Pop, for bassoon and bass clarinet. Rachael Eliot and Steven Klimowski with a Q&A with the composer. Kinhaven Music School, 4pm.
June 7, Grand Rapids: RatGeyser, for MalletKAT and playback. Michael Manion, MalletKAT.. Downtown, Festival of the Arts, 8pm.
May 17, Sydney: She Who Saves, for soprano and two natural horns. Michael H. Dixon, director.. Level 4, 647 George Street, Haymarket.
May 12, Online: Interview with the Composer, with composer David Ludwig of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
May 4, Burlington, Vermont: Fanfare:Heat, for orchestra. Vermont Youth Orchestra. Flynn Theater, 3pm.
April 30, Hartford: Composition seminar at Hartt College, 3pm.
April 5, New York: I lift my heavy heart. Beth Griffith, voice, with flute and guitar. Roulette, 8pm.
February 24, New York: Compound Refractions. John McMurtery, flute. Jan Hus Sanctuary, 351 East 74th St., 1:00pm.
February 20, Ghent: Framing the Sum of Three. Michael Arnowitt, piano. De Rode Pomp, 8pm.

Detritus of Mating CD available: Get it from CD Baby!
Sex and Death: Offerings, sculpture by Pavel Kraus.
Detritus of Mating was created for this exhibit.
Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont.
A Conversation with the Composer
A Review of Detritus of Mating

Zonule Glaes II limited-edition CD is now available
Performed by Styx-Q V.I.P. Positive Quartet
For ordering info, contact Contact Form
Sex Death Offerings, sculpture by Pavel Kraus.
       Zonule Glaes II was created for this exhibit.
       Mánes Museum, Prague.
       (photos forthcoming).

Old CD Releases and Covers can still be had. Some used to be on MP3.com and others were private releases. Here they are.

Essays, Papers, Presentations, Polemics, and Stuff

The Cheap $31 Folding Jig (2005), build a jig for folding scores and booklets -- only $2 if you've already got a paper cutter!
Imagination and Exploitation: Some History of Digital Technology in My Music-Making (2004), talk by the composer about computer music, then and now.
Thoughts on the Small Form (2004), a brief commentary about very short pieces of music.
The Cheap Under $15 Jecklin Disk (2003), build an impossible-to-find and better-than-professional Jecklin Disk for live recording in an hour or two.
The Cheap Under $5 Microphone Shockmount (2003), save that $60-per-piece price for commercial products and build a flexible mount in an hour.
Everybody's Gotta Trust ... But Verify? (2003), polemic about copy protection and corporate delusion.
Preserving the Future's Past: EA Artists Must Take Care of Their Own Archives (2002), conversation and recommendations about archiving audio artworks.
Riding the Cheap Electron (2002), paper presented at Dartmouth College about a composer's history with synthesis.
The Pros and Woes of Being a Self-Taught Composer (2002), article on the topic for New Music Box.
No Denial of the Bête Familiale (2001), paper presented at Dartmouth College about the role of the computer musician.
Xenakis: The Continuing Composer -- A Personal Reflection on Iannis Xenakis (2001), article on the influence of Iannis Xenakis.
The Curse of Love (2000), paper presented at Dartmouth College about eclecticism, copyright, and interactivity.
How to Get Here from There (Stomach Music to Sourian Slide) or Is There a Reason You've Canceled My Premiere Yet Again? (2000), paper presented at Goddard College about my life and work.
Road Ahead, Road Behind (2000), original article for Slashdot revealing the creation of No Money (Lullaby for Bill) from Bill Gates's voice.
Destined for Obscurity Again -- How Partch Influenced Me (2000), article reflecting on Harry Partch..
The Patron Saint of Mediocrities (1999), paper presented at Bregman Studios of Dartmouth College about my life and work.
Turning Sausage Back Into The Pig: The Year 2000 Problem in Northfield, Vermont (1999), a look at Year 2000 problems and how they are affecting my local community.
'Our Demented Therapeutic Culture' (1998), essay written for Kalvos & Damian on the erosion of cultural daring.
A Challenge for Richard Branson (1998), a letter suggesting Branson transform the landscape of contemporary music.
The Churchill Society Debate: A Futile Correspondence (1998), an exchange with the Churchill Society on the state of new music.
Your Music on the Web: Ways, Means, Rights, and the Old West: New Concepts, Paradigms and Fears (1997), article outlining techniques for presentation and protection on the Web.
I Don't Know How -- or Why: Night Thoughts on the Process of Composition (1995), including a link to an audio version.
A Cloak for the Lord of Cats (1995), a short-short story about vampiress Báthory Erzsébet, a true historical figure. This story forms the basis of a scene in a proposed opera.
You Still Make Me Bleed: Letter to a Casual Critic (1994), fierce letter defining the position on the composer in mid-1990s Vermont.
It's Time to Bury the Dead (1992), intense article calling for the end of performances of older concert music and a revision in thinking and sensibility.
Composing a New Language (1992), proposal presented at MedArt International by Barbara S.J. Balch and me to replace lost language skills with musical language developed through interaction and virtual reality.
Construal of Music Process Architecture (1992), paper presenting personal views and reports on musical composition in Europe.
Why Do It?: Replies to the Vermont Composers Consortium Questionnaire (1989), answers to strange questions posed by a strange organization.
The Clinic: A Dream Writ Down (1988), an actual, cold-sweat-inducing dream recorded the next morning as a short story.
Variations on the Notion of Variation: Questioning the Whys of Composing (1987), internal conversations about the art of composing.
The Image Behind the Glass (1986), talk to ID Expo in Boston on light pens and touch screens that presages modern palmtops, handwriting recognition, and artificial intelligence features.
The Impact of the Microprocessor (1982), prophetic and political talk about microprocessor technology and philosophy, presented to the ACM at Rensselaer in Troy, New York.
The Microprocessor as a Modern Odysseus (1982), similar talk with a personal sidelight about music and the arts, presented to the IEEE in Burlington, Vermont.

Contact Form

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz composer - engraver - author - editor - photographer

365-Day Composition Project
The "We Are All Mozart" (WAAM) Project

Indexed Catalog of Music
Now including the WAAM compositions

Performance & Event Calendar

Find Everything in the Big List
Also find the WAAM compositions here

Indexed Catalog of Music
Now including the WAAM compositions

Exclusive Distributor: Frog Peak

My Original Instruments Collected

Bass Viola da Gamba For Sale

Pix of Ionic Performer Synth