Dennis Báthory-Kitsz

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Dennis Báthory-Kitsz

Expanded Dennis Báthory-Kitsz pages.

• Additional commentary, essays, music resource links.
• 100 compositions in Midi format.
• 100 scores in Finale and Adobe PDF format.
• 50 compositions in other formats.
  
• New mp3 CD with 11 hours of music!

Catalog of Musical Scores, with downloadable scores in Finale ETF and Adobe PDF, with RealAudio and Midi examples.

Echo: A Performance Ritual in Three Parts, with commentary & 16 photos.
Plasm over ocean: A Chamber Opera, with commentary, music, & 19 photos.
Stoneworld/Grey, a dadaist performance event, with commentary & 3 photos.
Wolf5, an outdoor installation and performance work, with commentary, score, & 16 photos.
Sex and Death: Offerings by Pavel Kraus, an installation with music from Detritus of Mating, with 40 photos.

for 128K MP3 version of Michael Manion's performance of RatGeyser, 7:40, by Dennis Báthory-Kitsz.
for 320K MP3 version of RatGeyser. Download 128K version or 320K version.
Descent of the Particles in RealAudio 2 format, 1:03.
Descent of the Particles in MPEG-2 format, 250K.
Descent of the Particles in MIDI format, 15K.
The score to Descent of the Particles in Finale® ETF format, 166K.
A Fanfare for Peace: The Lily and the Thorn in RealAudio 3 format, 4:37.
zéyu, quânh and sweeh in RealAudio 3 format, 3:25.
Brand 9 from Outer Space in RealAudio 3 format, 5:12.
Emerald Canticles, Below in RealAudio 3 format, 15:45.
Csárdás in RealAudio 3 format, 8:19.
s'londro in RealAudio 3 format, 5:26

An essay, Night Thoughts on the Process of Composition.
The essay, Night Thoughts, read by the composer in RealAudio 3 format, 9:14. (RA2/14.4 version)
Brief comments by the composer in RealAudio 3 format, 1:47. (RA2/14.4 version)
An essay, Everybody's Gotta Trust ... But Verify?.
An essay, Gilles Yves Bonneau: An Appreciation.
An essay, War ... and Peace.
An essay, Partch on His 99th.
An essay, The Patron Saint of Mediocrities, an autobiographical survey.
An essay, Your Music on the Web -- Ways, Means, Rights and the Old West.
An essay, Our Demented Therapeutic Culture.
An essay, On Being Overwhelmed.
An essay, How Not to Prepare for a K'n'D Guest Appearance.
An essay, The Churchill Society Debate: A Futile Correspondence, an exchange on the state of new music.
An essay, It's Time to Bury the Dead, call for an end to old performances.
An essay, Construal of Music Process Architecture, views on structure.
An essay, Composing a New Language, MedArt International proposal by the composer and Barbara S.J. Balch.
Erzsébet Báthory The Vampire.
The Transitive Empire, Writers & Editors.
OrbitAccess Web Accessibility Project.

Click here for Full-size publicity photo of the composer (right-click and save as... to download). Credit to Charley Freiberg

Dennis Báthory-Kitsz was born in the year that Richard Strauss died, the LP was born, and Silly Putty was invented. It was an auspicious time. Oxymoronically self-taught, Dennis has composed music for vaudeville shows, orchestras, sound sculptures, soloists, tape & electronics, dancers, multimedia environments, and performance events. He has finally decided to make his income via music and audio, while he has directed the Dashuki Music Theatre (Plasm over ocean and Stoneworld/Grey) and Il Gruppo Nuke Jitters (Echo), runs the awkwardly eclectic arts coop Malted/Media, and has composed for real-people squawkers such as orchestras, chamber ensembles and soloists -- some of whom have actually played his music. In fact, you'd be surprised how many people have actually asked to play his stuff. If you’ve got a minute, stop by to read The Middle-Aged Hiker or scifimania in The Karmora Papers. If you like all these sub-kewl K&D web pages, hire him, because he's a darn good senior editor for The Transitive Empire.

Dennis is presently composing a set of songs entitled Cold Stones; Diamonds for 32 players; Clowns, a performance event; and Erzsébet, an opera. His Detritus of Mating, an electroacoustic soundscape, is 27 years long. He has recently completed iskajtbrz for electronic sounds; Spammung for voice and electronics; LiquidBirds for 3 theremins, 3 voices, and video; Northsea Balletic Spicebush for solo string bass; Genial Music for strings, piccolo, and glockenspiel; and several of his continuing Glossolalia studies. He lives in Northfield, Vermont. His music is published by Westleaf Edition. His resume is available to read.

Representative musical compositions:

• Diamonds, a spatial work for 32 instrumentalists or 32-channel electronic sound. In progress. Created and premiere scheduled for the First Russian International Festival of Electronic, Electroacoustic, Experimental & Avant-Garde Music-Electroshock 2003
• Cold Stones, 14 intimate songs for voice and chamber orchestra. In progress.
• Erzsébet, chamber opera in 3 acts, and film score; libretto by Andrei Codrescu. In progress. Details at The Erzsébet Bathory Opera Site
• Bales, Barrels, & Cones: Antebellum/Antibellum (2002), for drumkit and playback. Commissioned by Michael Manion. Score available on line.
• Tïrkíinistrá: 25 Landscape Preludes (2002), for piano. Premiere: FlynnSpace, Burlington, Vermont; Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam; Stichting Nieuwe Muziek, Middelburg; and De Rode Pomp, Gent. Written for Michael Arnowitt. Score available on line.
• VoxN (2002), for chamber ensemble and reader. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score available on line.
• Mirrored Birds (2001), a flute concerto. Premiere: Montpelier/Randolph, Vermont, 2002. Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. Score available on line.
• Fuliginous Quadrant (2001), for chamber ensemble. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score available on line.
• The Key of Locust (2001), for chamber trio. Written for NonSequitur. Score available on line.
• HighBirds (Prime) (2001), for two electric guitars and playback. Premiere: Ought-One Festival, Montpelier, Vermont, 2001. Commissioned by Larry Polansky. Score available on line.
• RatGeyser (2000), for MalletKat and playback. Premiere: Ought-One Festival, Montpelier, Vermont, 2001. Commissioned by Michael Manion. Score available on line.
• Mountain Dawn Fanfare (2000), for orchestra. Premiere: City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, Vermont, 2000. Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. Score available on line.
• Quince & Fog Falls (2000), for chamber ensemble. Commissioned by Essential Music. Score available on line.
• The Sub-Aether Bande (2000), for flute and percussion. Jointly commissioned by the Three-Two Ensemble and Karen Kevra. Score available on line.
• Sourian Slide (1999), for string orchestra. Premiere: City Hall Auditorium, Montpelier, Vermont, 2000. Commissioned by the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra Society. Score available on line.
• LowBirds (1999), for small ensemble. Premiere: Greenwich Music House, New York City, 1999. Commissioned by The Downtown Ensemble. Score available on line.
• Zonule Glaes II (1999), electroacoustic work with string quartet. Premiere: Mánes Museum, Prague, 1999. Commissioned by Pavel Kraus, Gema Art, and the Mánes Museum. Available on limited-edition CD with Score available on line.
• Into the Morning Rain (1998), for small ensemble. Premiere: Flynn Theatre, Burlington, Vermont, 1999. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble. Score available on line.
• Detritus of Mating (1997), electroacoustic work. Installation: Exquisite Corpse Gallery, Burlington, Vermont, 1997. Commissioned by Pavel Kraus and the Gallery. On Malted/Media CD.
• zéyu, quânh & sweeh (1996), for playback. Premiere: The Reflective Space, Melbourne, 1996. On Frog Peak Music CD.
• exirxion (1996), for tape. Premiere: Vermont Composers Festival, Burlington, Vermont, 1996.
• xirx (1996), a peformance work for electronic tape, ice and aromas. Premiere: Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, Vermont, 1996.
• Hoots & Honks (1996), for string quartet.. Written for the CrossRoads String Quartet. Score available on line.
• Hang Time (1995), for timpani and orchestra.. Written for timpanist Allie Vest. Score available on line.
• Hypertunes, Baby (1994), for voice and tape. Premiere: SEAMUS Festival, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, 1994.
• Build, Make, Do (1994), for small ensemble. Premiere: Pyralisk Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, 1994. Score available on line.
• Unisons (1994), for six performers. Premiere: Pyralisk Gallery, Montpelier, Vermont, 1994. Score available on line.
• 8 Pooners (1993), a performance work for solo clarinettist. Commissioned by Steven Klimowski. Score available on line.
• Llama Butter (1993), for tuba and tape. Premiere: Millikin University, Urbana, Illinois, 1995. Commissioned by Mark Nelson. Score available on line.
• Emerald Canticles, Below (1993), for small ensemble. Premiere: 49th Parallel Festival, Toronto, Ontario, 1995. Score available on line.
• Binky Plays Marbles (1992), for double bass and viola. Commissioned by Pieter Smithuysen. Score available on line.
• The Pretty Songs (1991), for saxophone and voice. Commissioned by Steven Stusek.
• Softening Cries (1991), for orchestra. Premiere: Bennington, Vermont, 1992. Commissioned by the Sage City Symphony. Score available on line.
• A Time Machine (1990), for voice, small ensemble, dance and computers. Premiere: Burlington, Vermont, 1991. Commissioned by the Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble.
• Traveler's Rest and Wolf5 (1991), sound environments. Installation: Randolph, Vermont, 1991. Photographs and narrative available on line.
• The Lily and the Thorn (1990), for orchestra. Premiere: Independence Day Celebration, Montpelier, Vermont, 1991. Commissioned by the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra.
• Yçuré (1990), for two chamber orchestras. Premiere: Silver Anniversary Concert, Guilford, Vermont, 1990. Commissioned by Guilford Friends of Music, 25th Anniversary Season.
• Four Sharks (1989), for nine performers. Written for the Craftsbury Chamber Players. Third movement Score available on line.
• Northern Lights ...seeking Sasquatch (1989), for orchestra. Written for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra. Score available on line.
• Csárdás (1989), for piano. Premiere: Vermont Composers Festival, Putney, Vermont, 1989. Commissioned by Michael Arnowitt.
• Pianaroll (1989), for piano and electronic tape. Commissioned by Sara Huff Krohn.
• Variations on Amanda (1989), for three strings and harpsichord. Premiere: Braintree, Vermont, 1989. Commissioned by the Braintree Historical Society. Score available on line.
• Winter, Three Songs on the Nature of Armageddon (1987), for mezzo-soprano and orchestra.
• Rough Edges (1987), for piano. Premiere: Barre, Vermont, 1987. Commissioned by Michael Arnowitt. Score available on line.
• Beepers (1986), a high-tech cabaret. Premiere: The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont, 1987.
• In Bocca al Lupo (1986), environmental sound design. Installation: Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana, 1986. Narrative and photographs available on line.
• Mantra Canon (1986), for large ensemble. Premiere: The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont, 1986.
• Echo, A Performance Ritual in Four Parts (1985). Premiere: The Garage, Montpelier, Vermont, 1985. Narrative and photographs available on line.
• Ash Wednesday (1983), for small ensemble. Premiere: Vermont Public Radio, Windsor, Vermont, 1983. Commissioned by Paul Connett, Vermont Public Radio.
• Rando's Poetic License (1978), for electronics, microcomputer, voices, instruments. Premiere: Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C., 1978.
• Mass (1978), for small ensemble. Premieres: Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978, and Delaware Valley Festival of the Avant-Garde, 1978.
• Plasm over ocean (1977), a chamber opera for small ensemble. Premieres: New York Avant-Garde Festival, World Trade Center, New York, 1977, and New Jersey State Museum, 1977. Commissioned by the Museum.Narrative and photographs available on line.
• Stoneworld/Grey (1977), a multimedia dance work. Premiere: New Jersey State Museum, 1977. Commissioned by the Museum. Narrative and photographs available on line.
• Somnambula (1975), for recorder and electronic sound. Premieres: Kaxpiksu State Performing Arts Festival, Trenton, N.J., 1975, and New York Avant-Garde Festival, Floyd Bennett Field, 1975. Commissioned by John Burkhalter.
• Triple Quartet (1975), for string ensemble. Commissioned by Marjorie Goodman Graff.

iskajtbrz on "UnLimit" (Japan)

Mountain Millennium Dawn and Sourian Slide on "Sounds and Colors of Vermont"

zéyu, quânh, and sweeh on "The Frog Peak Collaborations Project"

Detritus of Mating Kalvos's Top 100

Csárdás on "Alive and Well"

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To reach the composer:
    email: Contact Form
    telephone/fax: 802-485-3972
    physical mail: 176 Cox Brook Road, Northfield, Vermont 05663