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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm on pair Networks for all my web hosting and email.

Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I have it. I'm reading it. @sarahfritz.bsky.social , you have done something very difficult -- aside from all the research. You have made an academically astute book into something readable and exciting. Beyond what it's done for Clara Schumann, it's a lesson to nonfiction writers everywhere.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No Professor T (Belgian version) means this list is dead to me. (Or Blacklist, for that matter, or Good Fight just for the essential intro.) Never mind. It's the NYT.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

John is brilliant. Love his work. (Engraved some of them, but not the most recent ones.)

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Good idea until the cheesy birth thing. (My wife is a midwife, so it was pretty stupid.)

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thanks so much for asking! The image here is a sheet about its exploration of new notation, nonpop, colonial notation, the challenges of a rural composer, etc. (If it's too small, the ALT text is provided.) Thanks again for asking!

Soiled Amplitudes: My Musical Composition and Notational Aesthetic in Five Seasons is an exploration of present-day musical composition, traditional and graphical music notation, and life as a rural composer.
It follows composer Dennis BathoryKitsz in a search for both compositional truth and the integrity of music created as graphical scores. Revealing music as a mix of so-called “colonial notation” and a panoply of new symbols, graphics, drawings, and colorful patterns, he carries the reader through the historical twists and turns of music written on paper. Bathory-Kitsz explains what he means by nonpop, why music isn’t language as we know it, how performance art and installations are part of the compositional realm, and why the world of musicians is filled with modern-day Mozarts waiting to be heard. Living in Vermont, he also lays out the life and challenges of a rural composer in an urban society.

“It is absolutely unique and will change the way you think about music-making in our society.”
—composer Stephen Michael Gryc, Connecticut
“Your book is an absolutely deep read. I can imagine a whole seminar to get through it with questions, examples, and projects. This is something that is going to last a long time.”
—composer Paul Beaudoin, Tallinn, Estonia
“Aside from being a splendid read, this book is also wonderful to browse. Get captivated for three or four pages, then stop, ponder, and emerge much wiser.”
—composer/author Chris DeLaurenti, Seattle
“For classical musicians who may be definitely rooted in traditional notation ... Soiled Amplitudes is a great way to start to break down barriers to modern notation.”
—composer/conductor David H. Bailey, New Hampshire
“What wonderful insights Dennis shares into the life of a rural composer, and how immersion into one’s environment largely conditions what one can do, or even conceive of doing, in the creative arts. Challenging observations and reflections!
—composer/performer Yahya Abdal-Aziz, Victoria, Australia

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After the original selling-like-hotcakes period, I have a bunch of "Soiled Amplitudes" books here. About a dozen of my social media friends asked for copies but haven't followed up (please!). Dozens of full-color illustrations and scores from people you know. Autographed. Message me.

Spines of 20 copies of the book "Soiled Amplitudes" by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There were some great films when I was 13, but the one that always stays with me is from when I was 9: "The Crawling Eye"

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've used NonPop for 25 years. Avoids the whole 'classical' baggage and is way more inclusive.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A few weeks away, Dante Boon's concert "there is no place for me on this map". Den Haag SoundHouse, 20:00. If you're nearby, please come to this amazing concert. (He writes of me, "Een van de veelzijdigste en productiefste componisten van de VS".)

Poster of concert by Dante Boon, pianist & composer, entitled "there is no place for me on this map", featuring piano music from Bathory-Kitsz, Boon, Driessen, Lutyens, Papadimitriou, Saunders, Zvezdina. October 3, 2026, 20:00, Soundhouse Den Haag, 15€ (9€ students). Info synchromie.eu/events

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

As I understood it some time ago, one could use his work in a musical setting as long as it was untouched -- in other words, all the words in original order and nothing repeated that he didn't repeat -- and not printed separately from the score. I haven't dug into this again, but probably should.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Set this one for piano and voice back in the 1970s. Never published because of copyright.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Program IVES : From the Steeples and the Mountains GUDMUNDSSON : Undark (World Premiere) CAGE : 4:33 MAHLER : Symphony no. 1

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Barbara Hannigan conducting Ives and others with the Island Symphony. Staggering www.ruv.is/utvarp/beint...

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In no particular order except memory: -Steve Reich -Devo -Charlotte Moorman -Talking Heads -Fred Ho -Pauline Oliveros -Laurie Anderson -Metropolitan Opera ("Lulu") -Doctor Nerve -Marni Nixon

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One of the greatest songs ever written. I taught it in my theory/orchestration classes.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

This was hovering over our house a few years ago -- with TEN spinning circular saw blades. We're a few hundred feet from the rail line, and it turns out they were trimming branches. A few minutes of horror-movie thoughts.

Helicopter in left panel, with cable dangling. Cable in right panel, carrying ten spinning circular saw blades.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I love that Diana Golden and @gregwilliams-viola.bsky.social came up with the idea for a climate change concert, and I'm thrilled to have been part of it with my piece about the psychological effect of flooding in Vermont. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnE6...

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz: "Chaos Wrought". The Golden Williams Duo.

YouTube video by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I came up via Cakewalk & CoolEdit in the early 90s. Gradually CoolEdit changed names and added features; then Adobe went subscription. Cakewalk vanished as SONAR (with many big projects in their proprietary format). So I switched to Reaper some 15 years ago and have been happy about that.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Pledged what I can afford. And good to hear your actual voice. (It isn't AI, right? Right?)

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

With apologies to John Everett Millais and Ophelia

Original John Everett Millais "Ophelia" painting showing the drowning Ophelia, but with the water full of algae and the head of DJT looking upward toward the heavens

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I don't know if I should be happy or disappointed that none of my music, videos, books, or scores are in the database.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"Music & Art in Dialogue about Extreme Weather" next week in NYC with Diana Golden & Greg Williams. Please come meet these wonderful musicians & artists. • Jun 26: Creators’ Panel, 5pm, Multimodal, 39-26 24th St, LI City. • Jun 28: Concert, 4pm, Maple Grove Cemetery, Brownson Center, Kew Gardens.

Poster showing Greg Williams, viola, and Diana Golden, cello. "Music & Art in Dialogue about Extreme Weather" with Diana Golden & Greg Williams. Jun 26: Creators’ Panel, 5pm, Multimodal, 39-26 24th St, LI City. Jun 28: Concert, 4pm, Maple Grove Cemetery, Brownson Center, Kew Gardens. QR codes for panel and concert.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Yeah, do it, just for their daring. Years ago, the Apple Hill Chamber Players posed for this photo with me on the cover of Kilobaud Microcomputing. (They never played any of my music, though.)

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We always moved around, but as a kid, one year my bedroom was seafoam green.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Bsky says you can't be messaged. DM me, please, or email bathory@bathory.org

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Did my book offend? Out two months. I've received three important comments from composers, but no reviews in publications or substacks or blogs or... anyway, did you read it? Do you want to? It's still available from me (DM me -- autographed and discounted) or from bookshop.org/p/books/soil...

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Soiled Amplitudes: My Musical Composition and Notational Aesthetic in Five Seasons

My Musical Composition and Notational Aesthetic in Five Seasons

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Thinning my collection #2. MusicWorks #57, 62-63, 66-87. Yours for the cost of media mail postage. Otherwise goes to recycling on Saturday.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Thinning my collection. For cost of media mail, does anybody want New Music Connoisseur, Volumes 12-22 (2004-2015, missing 21:1 and 22:1)? Going to recycling on Saturday.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Good advice all the way down. As the submissions editor for several magazines (no longer, fortunately), I agree with everything you wrote. And read it out loud every time!

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Drone? Drones are used to get good video of volcanoes.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Turns out I already had an account. Maybe I need more education on how to read sign-in content. 🙁

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I just heard from a friend who wasn't interested in reading physical books anymore. So if you do get a copy of "Soiled Amplitudes", the PDF and ePub versions come with it! Message me.

A page from the PDF version of Soiled Amplitudes, with a spectral view of a sound, a paragraph including a note about Ch. A. B. Huth's Farbige Noten from 1888, and an impage from Huth's work.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Well done! I've been following Luna for a while, and it's remarkable.

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Dennis Bathory-Kitsz aka Kalvos @bathorykitsz.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I've read about this. Interesting that it's the approach I used in my opera about her, based on documents that she wrote and the research done by Kim Craft.

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