Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos
@bathorykitsz.bsky.social
Composer, author, editor, former Kalvos & Damian radio host. Extended voice, gardening, carpentry. Books on classical music, music tech, & country stores. Motto: Fly me, feed me. Will pun with you.
Haven't been here in weeks. Obsessed with cleaning up my scores. Most are written for specific concerts and don't get second performances. Now if they're cleanly engraved, they might get more plays. Here are pages from four different scores out of the 188 (of 465) that I've finished since July 24.
October 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Haven't been here in weeks. Obsessed with cleaning up my scores. Most are written for specific concerts and don't get second performances. Now if they're cleanly engraved, they might get more plays. Here are pages from four different scores out of the 188 (of 465) that I've finished since July 24.
Thanks! Now working on #118 of 465. Those updates from Finale 2.2 take a bit of time, but all the info is there. Maybe I'll finish by next year! Here's a comparison of a page from a Finale 2.2 score done in 1994 with the a clean-up just finished in Finale 27. The old version had all the abilities!
August 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thanks! Now working on #118 of 465. Those updates from Finale 2.2 take a bit of time, but all the info is there. Maybe I'll finish by next year! Here's a comparison of a page from a Finale 2.2 score done in 1994 with the a clean-up just finished in Finale 27. The old version had all the abilities!
Where have I been? In July I cracked some ribs, had a bad BPPV episode, injured my back. Better now. This season's work? Alas, no composing. Updating & inputting all my scores & parts worth saving. So far, 78 of 465 pieces (402 documents with parts). Here's a partial page of "Return to Nineveh".
August 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Where have I been? In July I cracked some ribs, had a bad BPPV episode, injured my back. Better now. This season's work? Alas, no composing. Updating & inputting all my scores & parts worth saving. So far, 78 of 465 pieces (402 documents with parts). Here's a partial page of "Return to Nineveh".
And it's done! Thanks to so many!
March 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And it's done! Thanks to so many!
It's finally happening. Deep gratitude to all who supported the project.
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It's finally happening. Deep gratitude to all who supported the project.
Minneapolis folks: In going through old reels, I found one from 11/26/67, Metropolitan Youth Orchestras led by Gerhard Track. Beethoven program. Soloists Thomas Schultz, Linda Edberg, John Wells. Do you want this? I can send it for postage. Or I can also digitize it, for a small fee for my time.
January 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Minneapolis folks: In going through old reels, I found one from 11/26/67, Metropolitan Youth Orchestras led by Gerhard Track. Beethoven program. Soloists Thomas Schultz, Linda Edberg, John Wells. Do you want this? I can send it for postage. Or I can also digitize it, for a small fee for my time.
jack agree 💗 tilly
January 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
jack agree 💗 tilly
Yeah, but me.
January 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Yeah, but me.
Gratitude to the 20 soloists and 5 ensembles & their directors who performed my music in 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Gratitude to the 20 soloists and 5 ensembles & their directors who performed my music in 2024.
Thank you so much for your comments and your help, and for re-posting. Since it's also Caturday, here's a photo of Jack.
December 7, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Thank you so much for your comments and your help, and for re-posting. Since it's also Caturday, here's a photo of Jack.
Speaking of turkey day, I was a turkey at the AGFNY at Shea Stadium on November 18, 1974, playing my Ionic Synth.
November 28, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Speaking of turkey day, I was a turkey at the AGFNY at Shea Stadium on November 18, 1974, playing my Ionic Synth.
Yup. Keeps going for a while.
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Yup. Keeps going for a while.
Looks like so much new traffic is stressing the bsky system here. People who have posted their new bsky handles on FB and X aren't showing up in bsky search for hours. It's good news, though! Growth and X xpats! (Just for fun posting this pix of my home studio in 1972 in Trenton NJ.)
November 13, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Looks like so much new traffic is stressing the bsky system here. People who have posted their new bsky handles on FB and X aren't showing up in bsky search for hours. It's good news, though! Growth and X xpats! (Just for fun posting this pix of my home studio in 1972 in Trenton NJ.)
For me, it was a class trip to MoMA in NY in 1963 when I saw Pollock's Number 31, a wall-size painting. I was 13. The rest of the class moved on. I sat there until they came to get me. It was transformative, affecting all my future composing.
September 30, 2024 at 12:23 PM
For me, it was a class trip to MoMA in NY in 1963 when I saw Pollock's Number 31, a wall-size painting. I was 13. The rest of the class moved on. I sat there until they came to get me. It was transformative, affecting all my future composing.
Wait, did we talk about you & Apple Hill ever? Were you one of the people in this picture back then? I'm the guy at the synth.
September 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Wait, did we talk about you & Apple Hill ever? Were you one of the people in this picture back then? I'm the guy at the synth.
Any of my Vermont peeps here? If you are, come to this on August 30!
August 11, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Any of my Vermont peeps here? If you are, come to this on August 30!
Thanks, Steve. A wonderful piece. I engraved some of Christian's scores. He was unassuming, friendly, funny -- and one of the first of the leading composers to attend any of my lectures. I was stunned. Here's a photo of him proofing my engraving work in 2014 in the Northfield Falls general store.
March 3, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Thanks, Steve. A wonderful piece. I engraved some of Christian's scores. He was unassuming, friendly, funny -- and one of the first of the leading composers to attend any of my lectures. I was stunned. Here's a photo of him proofing my engraving work in 2014 in the Northfield Falls general store.
I love the ones that my bank gives away. Fat and no smear. Also no brand on it. 😟
February 27, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I love the ones that my bank gives away. Fat and no smear. Also no brand on it. 😟
good morning
February 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
good morning
If you're in Vermont next weekend, come meet me at the reprise of my 1990 orchestral composition "A Fanfare for Peace".
February 11, 2024 at 3:03 AM
If you're in Vermont next weekend, come meet me at the reprise of my 1990 orchestral composition "A Fanfare for Peace".