Musical artist
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.
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Aside from music, he was an author during the first generation of personal computers (1979–85),
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[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).
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[17] Since 2010 he has been adjunct professor composition, theory, and music technology at
Johnson State College .
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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.
Music and works
A prolific composer, Báthory-Kitsz has more than 1,100 compositions, sound installations, and electronic works for all manner of vocal and instrumental combinations. His compositions include
sound sculpture , solo and
chamber music for the instruments of classical music,
electronic music ,
stage shows , orchestral pieces,
dance music , opera,
interactive
multimedia ,
sound installations , and
performance art events. He has also designed and built new
musical instruments .
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ASCAP Awards for his works.
Báthory has advocated what he calls contemporary "non-pop" music,
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contemporary classical music (new music) in preference to the music of composers of past eras. He offers his
compositions to be
downloaded and played for free, but does not release them into the
public domain and takes
royalties for public performance as usual. His
organ work Yer Attention, Please has been performed by
Kevin Bowyer .
[22] His Dashuki Music Theatre has performed at
Charlotte Moorman 's
Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York .
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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
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David Gunn .
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Kalvos & Damian's New Music Bazaar was an ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award-winning radio/web program that ran 537 shows from 1995-2005.
Ought-One festival
Dennis Báthory-Kitsz also founded and organized the
Ought-One festival .
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We Are All Mozart
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.
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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.
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Publications
Books
Country Stores of Vermont Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, The History Press (July 30, 2008)
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Kenneth Sawyer Goodman, a chronology & annotated bibliography Dennis Báthory-Kitsz,Newberry Library, 1983
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Learning the 6809 Dennis Bathory Kitsz, Green Mountain Micro; 1st edition (1983)
The Custom TRS-80, and Other Mysteries Upland, California: IJG, 1982. paper; 340 pp., illus.
Scores
Discography
Wonder and Astonishment, Intent Records, 2015
Bombasia , Intent Records, 2012
Bolt , Malted/Media, 2012
Trade Winds of Vermont , Malted/Media, 2009
Sinfonietta , Intent Records, 2009
60x60 (2004–2005)
Archived January 19, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine ,
Vox Novus VN-001, 2007
60x60 (2003) ,
Capstone Records CPS-8744, 2004
UnLimit , Three's Film Works, 2003
Free Speech for Sale , pressthebutton, 2003)
The Longman Anthology of British Literature: Music of English Literature , 2002
Killer Sings! , Malted/Media, 2000
Zonule Glaes II, Malted/Media, 1999, re-released 2012
The Frog Peak Collaboration Project ,
Frog Peak Music , 1998
Detritus of Mating , Sistrum Records, 1997
Lucid Nightmares, Malted/Media, 1995
Invisible Performers , Malted/Media, 1994
The Nightmare Continues , Malted/Media, 1992
Alive and Well: Music of Vermont Composers , Ursa Minor, 1990
Dentist's Nightmare , Malted/Media, 1988
Interviews, articles, and reviews
American Composer: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz
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Kyle Gann ,
Chamber Music , November/December, 2011
We Will, We Will Nonpop You
Archived February 21, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine by
Kyle Gann ,
Village Voice , September 11, 2001
Retuning the Dial: Rethinking the Relationship between Radio and New American Music
NewMusicBox Published: May 1, 2000
Sound Bytes of Truth
Archived July 5, 2007, at the
Wayback Machine by
Kyle Gann ,
Village Voice July 6, 1999
Selected list of compositions
For a full list of compositions, please
see here .
Construction "on nix rest... in china" (1972), for
trombones and tape
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Somnambula (1975), for
recorder and
electronic sound
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Plasm over ocean (1977), a
chamber opera for small ensemble
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Mass (1978), for small
ensemble
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Rando's Poetic License (1978), for electronics,
microcomputer , voices, instruments
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Echo, A Performance Ritual in Four Parts (1985)
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Mantra Canon (1986), for large ensemble
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In Bocca al Lupo (1986), environmental sound design. Installation:
Yellowstone Art Museum ,
Billings, Montana , 1986
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Beepers (1986), a high-tech
cabaret
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Rough Edges (1987), for
piano
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Winter, Three Songs on the Nature of Armageddon (1987), for
mezzo-soprano and
orchestra
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Variations on Amanda (1989), for three strings and
harpsichord
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Csárdás (1989), for piano
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Yçuré (1990), for two chamber orchestras
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The Lily and the Thorn (1990), for orchestra
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Traveler's Rest and Wolf5 (1991), sound environments. Installation:
Randolph, Vermont , 1991
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A Time Machine (1990), for voice, small ensemble, dance and computers
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Softening Cries (1991), for orchestra
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The Pretty Songs (1991), for
saxophone and voice
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Binky Plays Marbles (1992), for
double bass and
viola
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Emerald Canticles, Below (1993), for small ensemble
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Llama Butter (1993), for
tuba and tape
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Build, Make, Do (1994), for small ensemble
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Hypertunes, Baby (1994), for voice and tape
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xirx (1996), a performance work for electronic tape, ice and aromas
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Gardens (1996), for
English horn and string
quartet
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zéyu, quânh & sweeh (1996), for playback
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Detritus of Mating (1997),
electroacoustic work.
Installation : Exquisite Corpse Gallery,
Burlington, Vermont , 1997
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Into the Morning Rain (1998), for small ensemble
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Zonule Glaes II (1999), electroacoustic work with string quartet
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LowBirds (1999), for small ensemble
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Sourian Slide (1999), for string orchestra
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The Sub-Aether Bande (2000), for
flute and
percussion
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Quince & Fog Falls (2000), for
chamber ensemble
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Mountain Dawn Fanfare (2000), for orchestra
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RatGeyser (2000), for
MalletKat and playback
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HighBirds (Prime) (2001), for two
electric guitars and playback
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The Key of Locust (2001), for chamber trio
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Fuliginous Quadrant (2001), for chamber ensemble
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Mirrored Birds (2001), a flute concerto
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Tïrkíinistrá: 25 Landscape Preludes (2002), for piano
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Bales, Barrels, & Cones: Antebellum/Antibellum (2002), for drumkit and playback
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Warbler Garden (2003), for electronic playback
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Spammung (2003), for extended voice and playback
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LiquidBirds (2003), for 3
Theremins , video, and playback
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Northsea Balletic Spicebush (2003) for double bass
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Shahmat (2004) for solo flute
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Krikisque (2004), for electronic playback
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Icecut (2004) for orchestra
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By Still Waters (2004) for solo voice and
drone
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Rose Quartz Crystal Radio (2005) for sax and percussion
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Jameo y el Delfin Mareado (2005) for orchestra
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Sweet Ovals (2005) for solo horn
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L'Estampie du Chevalier (2005) for string quartet
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Yer Attention, Please (2006) for organ
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Clouds of Endless Summer (2006) for piano trio
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Eventide (2006) for
piccolo , small
clarinet and
contrabassoon
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One hundred "We Are All Mozart " compositions
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I lift my heavy heart (2007) for voice, flute and guitar
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Lunar Cascade in Serial Time (2007) for
tenor guitar , in 13 parts
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Mountains of Spices (2007) for mezzo-soprano,
violin , viola & piano
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Compound Refractions (2007) for flute
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Turn Around, Bustle and Blaze (2007) for viola, horn,
cello & piano
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New Granite (2007) for flute,
bass clarinet , violin, cello & piano
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For the Beauty of the Earth (2007) for violin
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Fanfare:Heat (2007) for orchestra
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Morning in Nodar (2007) for double bass
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Scalar Rainbows (2007) for piano
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She Who Saves (2007) for two natural horns and soprano
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O Vox Pop (2007) for bass clarinet and
bassoon
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Adeste Hedecasyllabi (2007) for voice and piano
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Framing the Sum of Three (2007) for piano
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Autumn Dig (2008) for intermediate orchestra
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Crosscut (2009) for piano and large wind band
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Erzsébet (2010), chamber opera in 3 acts, and
film score
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Giè (2011), small ensemble
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O: Eleven Songs (2011), chorus SATB
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Air (2012),
harp and percussion
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Evil Pony (2012),
sax quartet
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Chelsea Moods (2012), bass clarinet and band
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Five Hungarian Folk Songs (2013), string orchestra
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The Forest at the South Field (2013), for percussionist
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I think of thee (2013), voice,
alto flute , guitar
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Ave Verum Corpus: In Memoriam John Tavener (2013), for chorus
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Aveaux Gadreaux (2014), for cello and bass clarinet
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Thread Count (2014), for string orchestra
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The Lake Isle of Innisfree (2014), for voice, flute and piano
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Wonder and Astonishment (2014), for two
MIDI -controlled
pipe organs
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"Steppin' Out" . Ascap.com. Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
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"VCME Repertoire" . Vcme.org. Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
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"Frog Peak Artist:Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" . Frogpeak.org. Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
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"Noah Creshevsky 60th Birthday Concert" . Newmus.net. November 3, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
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"AiA review" . Pavelkraus.com. June 25, 2005. Archived from
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"RFID Update Contributors" . Rfidupdate.com. Archived from
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"Slashdot | B. Gates Rants About Software Copyrights – in 1980" . Features.slashdot.org. January 21, 2000. Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
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"Resume of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz a.k.a. Kalvos Gesamte, Grey Shadé, D.B. Cowell, Brady Kynans, Kalvos Zondrios, Bathory Denes, Orra Maussade, Don Johnson, Kerry Merritt, Calvin Dion, Enimtu Bemanyna, Rotely Durr" . maltedmedia.com . Retrieved January 14, 2016 .
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"Glasgow Pipeworks, Programmes" . glasgowpipeworks.com . Archived from
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"Gendarme, with Dashuki Music Theatre at the World Trade Center, 1977" . transmedia-arts.com . Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
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"FAQ's at Kalvos & Damian New Music Bazaar" . Kalvos.org. August 3, 2002. Retrieved December 17, 2011 .
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Retuning the Dial: Rethinking the Relationship between Radio and New American Music
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Computer Music Journal
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"Dennis Báthory-Kitsz 365-Day Composition Project, We Are All Mozart" . weareallmozart.com . Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
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Vermont composer completes 100 works in one year
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http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_widesearch=yes&p_multi=RHDB%7CBMAB%7C&p_product=MCNP&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_fselect-0=title&p_text_fselect-0=New%20work%20can%20be%20blood-curdling&s_dispstring=headline%28New%20work%20can%20be%20blood-curdling%29%20AND%20date%28all%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no New work can be blood-curdling ]
Times-Argus , November 2, 2011 (review of Erzsébet)
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http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_widesearch=yes&p_multi=RHDB%7CBMAB%7C&p_product=MCNP&p_theme=mcnp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_field_fselect-0=title&p_text_fselect-0=NErzs%E9bet:%20The%20%27female%20Dracula%27%20or%20merely%20a%20hated%20powerful%20woman&s_dispstring=headline%28NErzs%E9bet:%20The%20%27female%20Dracula%27%20or%20merely%20a%20hated%20powerful%20woman%29%20AND%20date%28all%29&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no Erzsébet: The 'female Dracula' or merely a hated powerful woman? ]
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