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.
Good story. Amazing that the nearest town is 60 miles away. No wonder they can't get stock inexpensively. Here in Vermont, most towns are a horse's drink apart (about 7 miles).
November 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Good story. Amazing that the nearest town is 60 miles away. No wonder they can't get stock inexpensively. Here in Vermont, most towns are a horse's drink apart (about 7 miles).
You did. It is a piece that is nearly impossible in demands on technique and endurance, and it stands as a wonderful premiere performance.
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
You did. It is a piece that is nearly impossible in demands on technique and endurance, and it stands as a wonderful premiere performance.
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!
Any with Cage screws & nails. The rest, mmmnngh.
August 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Any with Cage screws & nails. The rest, mmmnngh.
Thank you. Yes, I have always been doing a mix of traditional and various levels of scores with custom notation. (My first traditional/graphical score hybrid was in 1969.)
August 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Thank you. Yes, I have always been doing a mix of traditional and various levels of scores with custom notation. (My first traditional/graphical score hybrid was in 1969.)
Thank you! Excellent -- be inspired! (This was a commission from 2007, but the singer never got around to performing it.)
August 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thank you! Excellent -- be inspired! (This was a commission from 2007, but the singer never got around to performing it.)
Thank you! Yes, back issues are exhausting. I injured my back when I was 28, and occasionally it shows up again (nearly 50 years later now).
August 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Thank you! Yes, back issues are exhausting. I injured my back when I was 28, and occasionally it shows up again (nearly 50 years later now).
I have a 2007 composition for cello & piano called, "Earth, Air, Water, Sleep". Not descriptive, though.
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I have a 2007 composition for cello & piano called, "Earth, Air, Water, Sleep". Not descriptive, though.
If there's all white noise and the blanked notes become bands of silences, what does it sound like? (There is no group called Band of Silences? Why not?)
July 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If there's all white noise and the blanked notes become bands of silences, what does it sound like? (There is no group called Band of Silences? Why not?)
I've always done that. It counterbalances and keeps me from falling forward off the stage.
July 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've always done that. It counterbalances and keeps me from falling forward off the stage.
Happened to me in the 80s. My publisher went bankrupt after overprinting thousands of copies of my book. I got 3% of my $55K royalties and the contract was terminated. Books were sold as scrap to a company in another state. That company, owned by the same people, sold my "scrap" book at full price.
June 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happened to me in the 80s. My publisher went bankrupt after overprinting thousands of copies of my book. I got 3% of my $55K royalties and the contract was terminated. Books were sold as scrap to a company in another state. That company, owned by the same people, sold my "scrap" book at full price.
I have tinnitus and it sounds just like that. 🙁
June 24, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I have tinnitus and it sounds just like that. 🙁
Yes. When I was teaching undergrads (2010-2020), they had no idea that Mozart's Don Giovanni, the French Revolution, and the American Revolution were even in the same century. And science, philosophy, and art? No connection at all. I felt like I was teaching all five subjects at once.
June 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Yes. When I was teaching undergrads (2010-2020), they had no idea that Mozart's Don Giovanni, the French Revolution, and the American Revolution were even in the same century. And science, philosophy, and art? No connection at all. I felt like I was teaching all five subjects at once.
But could you dial a dial phone by clicking the plungers in rhythm? Lots of free calls on any phone with a finger lock.
June 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
But could you dial a dial phone by clicking the plungers in rhythm? Lots of free calls on any phone with a finger lock.
No boombox, but everything else. Heck, send handwritten postcards in April. 😀
June 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
No boombox, but everything else. Heck, send handwritten postcards in April. 😀
I'd love it if a few more Bluesky folks listened and commented and shared this video. It's been 38 years getting to have this performance.
May 16, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I'd love it if a few more Bluesky folks listened and commented and shared this video. It's been 38 years getting to have this performance.
I know Charles Amirkhanian wasn't very enthusiastic about K&D when we had him as a guest in 1999. After that, our only contact was OM fundraising appeals, but no personal interaction.
Seriously, our guest interview list is pretty good. 😍
kalvos.org/cmpindx.html
Seriously, our guest interview list is pretty good. 😍
kalvos.org/cmpindx.html
Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar Composer Index
New Contemporary Music Radio Show Cybercasts Interviews Essays and Music
kalvos.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I know Charles Amirkhanian wasn't very enthusiastic about K&D when we had him as a guest in 1999. After that, our only contact was OM fundraising appeals, but no personal interaction.
Seriously, our guest interview list is pretty good. 😍
kalvos.org/cmpindx.html
Seriously, our guest interview list is pretty good. 😍
kalvos.org/cmpindx.html
Anyone there you'd suggest asking?
April 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Anyone there you'd suggest asking?
We're also East Coast. Even though we've had quite a few "famous" composer guests (Saariaho, Del Tredici, Oliveros, Ho among them), our own approach was always an open door. Also funny. Even back then, nobody knew what to make of us.
April 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
We're also East Coast. Even though we've had quite a few "famous" composer guests (Saariaho, Del Tredici, Oliveros, Ho among them), our own approach was always an open door. Also funny. Even back then, nobody knew what to make of us.