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


Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

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

Indexed Catalog of Music
Now including the WAAM compositions

Performance & Event Calendar Below

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 SOLD

My bass viola da gamba, built by Fred Carlson in 1982, is for sale sold. 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!.

Publications You Must Have!

Three Performance Pieces

Three Performance Pieces is available from Lulu.com. Three beautiful performance scores from the 2007 "We Are All Mozart" project. One is a set of 99 performance pieces, the second a set of seven sections for French horn, and the third a set of 13 graphical scores for tenor guitar. Several of the latter are part of the "Notations21" gallery series.

Erzsebet: A Monodrama

Erzsébet: A Monodrama is the opera's libretto available from either Amazon.com or Lulu.com. The opera is in progress, with several scenes completed; it will be sung by soprano Lisa Jablow in 2010. The libretto includes the full text along with images in a beautiful commemorative volume.

Country Stores of Vermont

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. Autographed copies also available..

 

Fundraising Now!

Thousands of visitors have come to my Erzsébet: The Opera website over the years. We're now a year away from the opera's premiere in October 2011. This is a committed project and with your support will be funded by its fans and the public rather than anonymous grant committees. You can back the project with as little as $2 or $500 or more! If ten percent of the folks who emailed me since this site opened pledged $20, that would meet the goal of $12,000 for composition, publication, rehearsal, musicians, lead singer, stage design, videography, and more. Here is the link to the bathory.org site. This isn't a pure donation. There are some remarkable rewards, including t-shirts, DVDs, libretti, tickets, Two xylophones by Fred Carlson, two 1973 Ionic Performer synths, the Katherine Anne Porter Songbook signed & numbered, and "Infamous Lady" by Kim Craft:
Erzsebet T-Shirt, DVD, Tickets, Libretto
Two Xylophones by Fred CarlsonTwo Xylophones by Fred Carlson
Performer Synth from 1973
Katherine Anne Porter SongbookKatherine Anne Porter Songbook
Infamous Lady by Kim CraftCountry Stores of Vermont bookErzsebet libretto

 

Opera Lyrics Font

I've created a TrueType font based on 19th century opera scores. It has all the typical characters and a few more, but is missing still a few of the special characters. I'll improve it over the next few months, but if you're interested, here it is: Opera-Lyrics-Smooth. If you distribute it, please keep in mind that this version (1.65) will occasionally be updated. Click image for full-sized chart.

opera lyrics chart

 

Build 4 U!

People have remarked for years about the imaginative character of our little New England cape, full of hand-made furniture, cabinets, closets, shelves and other interesting items. Now you can have these, too because I will build it 4 u!

 

Yes I am...

On Facebook and Twitter.

 

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.

Mantra Canon score page

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!

 

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 Empire site. Here's how to contact me.

 

People Have Asked...

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

 

Older News

What's in the Older News section? Stuff you can use...

  • My music as ringtones for download
  • My library of musical scores for sale
  • Ionic "Performer" 1973 Synth VSTi for download
  • Wooden Kind remix with Lee Noyes
  • Crosscut (2009) piano concerto announcement
  • Composition for Tape & Soloists (1969) score available for download
  • Eventide (2006) studio recording for download
  • Availability and samples of Vermont photography
  • Country Stores of Vermont (2008) announcement
  • Progress of and announcements about We Are All Mozart (2007)

...and much more back to 2000.

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

About Me

Mask from Plasm over ocean

Landmark Projects

Transitive Empire Logo

Diverse Work

Grand Canyon Photo

Photos, Books and Instruments

Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble
Rode Pomp Ensemble
Michael Manion
Lydia Busler-Blais
Beth Griffith
Marco Oppedisano
P. Kellach Waddle
Eric Ross
Su Lian Tan
Dante Oei
Michael Arnowitt
Steve Klimowski and Rachael Elliott
Styx-Q/VIP Positive Quartet
Montpelier Chamber Orchestra

2010 Performances and Events

2009 Performances and Events

  • December 5, Wilmington, California: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Los Angeles Harbor College.
  • December 3, San Francisco: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Long Night's Moon.
  • November 15, Strasbourg, France: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Stimultania Art Gallery.
  • November 15, College Station, Texas: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Fallout Theatre, Texas A&M University.
  • November 13, Gulfport, Mississippi: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at New Music Juke Joint, Bologna Performing Arts Center, 4:30pm
  • November 13, New York: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at the World Financial Center Winter Garden, 4:30pm and 7:30pm.
  • November 13, Mount Pleasant, Michigan: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Central Michigan University, Chamichian Hall, 7:30pm.
  • November 8, St. Louis: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at New Music Circle.
  • November 6, Kansas City, Kansas: Conjim for Ed, in the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Electronic Music Midwest Festival.
  • October 16, Ghent: Scalar Rainbows. Leonard Duna, piano. De Rode Pomp [concert season canceled]
  • October 16, Bristol, Vermont: Country Stores of Vermont book talk and signing at the Inn at Baldwin Creek, 6:15pm dinner, 7:30pm talk.
  • October 14, Limerick: Conjim for Ed, part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at University of Limerick.
  • October 3, Columbus: Conjim for Ed, part of the Vox Novus 60x60 Project at Wallstreet.
  • September 27, Burlington, Vermont: O Vox Pop for bassoon and bass clarinet. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, FlynnSpace, 7:30 pm.
  • September 25, Montpelier, Vermont: O Vox Pop for bassoon and bass clarinet. Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, Unitarian Church, 7:30 pm.
  • July 25, Dublin: XLII: Adeste Hendecasyllabi for voice and piano. David Bremner and Elizabeth Hilliard.
  • 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. Canceled due to neighborly objections.
  • 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.
  • January 21, Winnipeg: Detritus of Mating. Komodo Dragon Show on UMFM, with Von Wichert.

2008 Performances and Events

2007 Performances and Events

2006 Performances and Events

2005 Performances and Events

2004 Performances and Events

2003 Performances and Events

Detritus of Mating CD
Zonule Glaes II CD
  • Zonule Glaes II limited-edition CD is available
           Performed by Styx-Q V.I.P. Positive Quartet
           For ordering info, please use the Contact Form
  • Sex Death Offerings, sculpture by Pavel Kraus.
           Zonule Glaes II was created for this exhibit.
           Mánes Museum, Prague.
Voices Past Cover
  • Old CD Releases and Covers can still be had. Some used to be on MP3.com and others were private releases. Here they are.
Performing in Echo Performing with the Dashuki Music Theatre at New Jersey State Museum
Appearing with Green Mountain Micro in Princeton
Appearing with Apple Hill Chamber Players
Appearing with the Vermont Symphony Orchestra
Directing Car Horn Symphony No. 2
Directing the Roxbury Union Congregational Church Choir
Performing Detonacy 1976 at Delaware Valley Avant-Garde Festival
Performing Somnambula at New Jersey State Museum
Performing Memento Mori at Feedback Studios
Performing in Beepers
Touring with Stevie in Amsterdam

Essays, Papers, Presentations, Polemics, and Stuff

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