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!.

It's over!   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. 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! And inevitably, there must be a blog, so there is a blog, which will begin again soon.

Country Stores of Vermont -- autographed copies

Country Stores of Vermont: A History and Guide is now 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!.

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

• Complete Life List of Works (aka the "Biglist")
  
• Essays
  
• Full Résumé
  

• Kalvos & Damian Page
  
• Wikinfo Entry
  

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

• 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

• Fall, TBA Ghent: Scalar Rainbows. Leonard Duna, piano. De Rode Pomp
• 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: Book signing at the Taftsville Store, 11:00am, and F. H. Gillingham's, 1:00pm.
• September 27, Burlington, Vermont: Book signing at the Vermont Grocers' Association Convention, all day.
• September 25, Warren and Brandon, 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: Book signing at the Vermont Grocers' Convention.
• August 30, Pawlet and Bridgewater Corners, 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 20, Ghent: Framing the Sum of Three. Michael Arnowitt, piano. De Rode Pomp

2007 Performances and Events

• December 16, Amsterdam: Cithara-Cantus Cantoris (a WAAM piece). Samuel Vriezen. Goethe Institute.
• December 2, (tentative) Sudbury, Massachusetts: Come, come! (a WAAM piece). Presbyterian Church Choir of Sudbury, Matthew Guerrieri, director.
• November 10, Colchester, Vermont: New Granite (a WAAM piece), for chamber ensemble. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. St. Michael's College, 8pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:15pm.
• November 9, Montpelier, Vermont: New Granite (a WAAM piece), for chamber ensemble. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Unitarian Church, 8pm. Pre-concert talk at 7:15pm.
• November 2, Norwich, Vermont: Turn Around, Bustle & Blaze (a WAAM piece), for viola, horn, cello & piano. Blazing Calfe Bustlers. Norwich Congregational Church, 7pm.
• October 21, Montpelier, Vermont: Turn Around, Bustle & Blaze (a WAAM piece), for viola, horn, cello & piano. Blazing Calfe Bustlers. Montpelier Unitarian Church, 7pm.
• October 20, Burlington, Vermont: Turn Around, Bustle & Blaze (a WAAM piece), for viola, horn, cello & piano. Blazing Calfe Bustlers. University of Vermont Recital Hall, 8pm.
• October 19, Orlando: Extracts from several compositions for Bathory: The Blood Countess. Empty Spaces Theatre Company, John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center, Mandell Theatre, 812 E. Rollins Street. Through November 3.
• October 13, Randolph, Vermont: Full House Reset (a WAAM piece), for piano trio. Trio Tulsa. Chandler Music Hall, 8pm.
• October 4, Valley Glen, California: Morning in Nodar (a WAAM piece), for double bass. Thomas Peters, double bass. Los Angeles Valley College..
• September 29, Pasadena: Morning in Nodar (a WAAM piece), for double bass. Thomas Peters, double bass. Marjorie Branson Performance Space at the Boston Court Performing Arts Complex, 8pm.
• September 28, Sydney: filouria for electronic playback, at Live Wires, Syndney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Workshop Hall, as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• September 16, Waterbury Center, Vermont: For the Beauty of the Earth (a WAAM piece), for violin. Thomas L. Read, violin. Orr House Concert, 4pm.
• August 26, Amherst: krikisque, WMUA FM 91.1, part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project.
• August 22, Galway: filouria for electronic playback, at Nightclub Stress, Deburgo's, St. Augustine Street, as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• August 12, Montpelier, Vermont: Drumbing, for eight hands. Montpelier Unitarian Church. The Long Roll Ensemble.
• July 30, Long Island, New York: filouria for electronic playback, at Adelphi University Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• July 16, Ottawa: Soundings and Détente (both WAAM pieces). Carson Cooman, organ.
• June 15, Munich: Future Remembrance for electronic playback (a WAAM piece), at A·Devantgarde festival, Königsplatz München und Hochschule für Musik und Theater as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• June 13, New Music Box: A Language We Already Understand: Noah Creshevsky's Hyperrealism, an article about the work and technique of composer Noah Creshevsky.
• June 10, London: Future Remembrance for electronic playback (a WAAM piece), at Amadeus Centre, 50 Shirland Road, Little Venice, as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• June 7, Bremen: Future Remembrance for electronic playback (a WAAM piece), at Theatersaal, University of Bremen as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• Spring, TBA, Johnson, Vermont: Centering (a WAAM piece). Johnson State College Choir directed by Lisa Jablow at the Dibden Center.
• May 17, 7:30pm. Glasgow: Yer Attention Please. At Glasgow Pipeworks 2, Kevin Bowyer, organ.
• May 15, Hanover, New Hampshire: A Village on the Wind (a WAAM piece). Together with a lecture by the composer. Bregman Studios, Dartmouth College.
• Late April, (tentative). Boston: Coarse Salt (a WAAM piece). Michael Straus, soprano sax.
• April 28, Nodar, Portugal: First presentation of the video Pão e Nascimento: Nós Cantamos with the first of Three Songs for Manuela and the Pão: Bread Song Variations.
• April 26, 8pm. Oberlin, Ohio: filouria for electronic playback, at Fairchild Chapel as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• April 20, Greenville, South Carolina: Étude. Heather East, piano. Bob Jones University. (The Étude waited a full 40 years for its premiere.)
• April 14-15, Tulsa: Mountains of Spices (a WAAM piece). Eleva Chamber Players: Willie Docto (violin), Raymond Malone (viola) and Meridith Harrison (mezzo).
• April 14, Seia, Portugal: Lecture on the Birth Song Project, with presentation of numerous electroacoustic compositions. Seia Conservatory.
• April 13, (tentative). Baltimore: Coarse Salt (a WAAM piece). Michael Straus, soprano sax. Griswold Hall.
• April 10-28, Nodar, Portugal: Residency at Binaural Media Nodar Guest Studio for the first phase of Birth Song Worldwide with Stevie Balch.
• April 6, Las Vegas: Three-Part Invention. Nadia Shpachenko , piano. University of Nevada.
• April 4, Pomona, California: Three-Part Invention. Nadia Shpachenko , piano. California State University.
• February 26, 8pm. Denton, Texas: filouria for electronic playback, at Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theatre, University of North Texas as part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project
• February 25, Sudbury, Massachusetts: Come, come! (a WAAM piece). Presbyterian Church Choir of Sudbury, Matthew Guerrieri, director.
• January 11-14, New York: Visit my atrium table at the Westin for the Chamber Music America conference!

2006 Performances and Events

2005 Performances and Events

2004 Performances and Events

2003 Performances and Events

• 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