Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born March 14, 1949, in
Plainfield, New Jersey) (pseudonyms: Dennis Bathory, Dennis Kitsz, Dennis J. Kitsz, Dennis Bathory Kitsz, Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Báthory Dénes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna) is a
Hungarian-American author and composer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Aside from music, he was an author during the first generation of personal computers (1979–85),[11][12] and interviewed
Bill Gates.[13] His career in technology is evident in over 600 articles and books on the subject.[14] He was involved in the post-
Fluxus art movement (1973–78), and was also director of
Vermont's
Alliance of Independent Country Stores (2001–2010).[15][16][17] Since 2010 he has been adjunct professor composition, theory, and music technology at
Johnson State College.[18]
Báthory lives in
Northfield, Vermont. He claims to be a descendant of the
Báthory family, a prominent central European clan during the Middle Ages but no proof of this can be found.
Although primarily self-taught,
Clarence Barlow was his only composition teacher.
Kalvos & Damian
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz is known for co-founding and co-hosting
Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar[24][25] with the composer
David Gunn.[26]
Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar was an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award-winning radio/web program that ran 537 shows from 1995-2005.
The We Are All Mozart project (WAAM) demanded a finished commissioned composition each day in year 2007. Not a complete success the project received a 100 commissions which Dennis Báthory-Kitsz completed.[29][30]
Erzsébet: The Opera
In 1987 Dennis Bathory-Kitsz was planning to write an opera about
Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian ruler which considered to be the most profiled female serial killer in all of history. Dennis created the "Erzsébet: The Opera" website in 1996 which was featured at Microsoft’s old home page it received millions of hits in one week. People submitted articles, artwork and novels for the website. The first article on Erzsébet: The Opera was published in "Requiem" in France in 1998.[31] In 2001 a team from
The Travel Channel found the website and sent Dennis Bathory-Kitsz to
Cachtice in
Slovakia for a show called "World’s Bloodiest Dungeons". A clip of the makings of the opera behind the scenes was on "
Deadly Women" a show aired in 2004 on
The Discovery Channel. The entire opera was produced by the composer in 2011.[32][33][34][35]
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born March 14, 1949, in
Plainfield, New Jersey) (pseudonyms: Dennis Bathory, Dennis Kitsz, Dennis J. Kitsz, Dennis Bathory Kitsz, Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Báthory Dénes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna) is a
Hungarian-American author and composer.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Aside from music, he was an author during the first generation of personal computers (1979–85),[11][12] and interviewed
Bill Gates.[13] His career in technology is evident in over 600 articles and books on the subject.[14] He was involved in the post-
Fluxus art movement (1973–78), and was also director of
Vermont's
Alliance of Independent Country Stores (2001–2010).[15][16][17] Since 2010 he has been adjunct professor composition, theory, and music technology at
Johnson State College.[18]
Báthory lives in
Northfield, Vermont. He claims to be a descendant of the
Báthory family, a prominent central European clan during the Middle Ages but no proof of this can be found.
Although primarily self-taught,
Clarence Barlow was his only composition teacher.
Kalvos & Damian
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz is known for co-founding and co-hosting
Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar[24][25] with the composer
David Gunn.[26]
Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar was an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award-winning radio/web program that ran 537 shows from 1995-2005.
The We Are All Mozart project (WAAM) demanded a finished commissioned composition each day in year 2007. Not a complete success the project received a 100 commissions which Dennis Báthory-Kitsz completed.[29][30]
Erzsébet: The Opera
In 1987 Dennis Bathory-Kitsz was planning to write an opera about
Elizabeth Bathory, a Hungarian ruler which considered to be the most profiled female serial killer in all of history. Dennis created the "Erzsébet: The Opera" website in 1996 which was featured at Microsoft’s old home page it received millions of hits in one week. People submitted articles, artwork and novels for the website. The first article on Erzsébet: The Opera was published in "Requiem" in France in 1998.[31] In 2001 a team from
The Travel Channel found the website and sent Dennis Bathory-Kitsz to
Cachtice in
Slovakia for a show called "World’s Bloodiest Dungeons". A clip of the makings of the opera behind the scenes was on "
Deadly Women" a show aired in 2004 on
The Discovery Channel. The entire opera was produced by the composer in 2011.[32][33][34][35]