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Steven Bathory-Peeler (ASCAP) has written a wide variety of concert music ranging from solo pieces to large-scale works for orchestra. Originally from Norwich, VT, Mr. Bathory-Peeler’s music has been heard throughout New England with recent performances by the Windham Orchestra (VT), the Portland String Quartet, and the Hartt Contemporary Players.
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Famke Janssen was originally signed on for the part of Bathory, but for reasons unknown she backed out. Anna Friel read the script and fell in love with it and sent the director a letter convincing him to cast her. more
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Bathory ... helped to defend Vienna during this war, known as the Long War, for the Hapsburgs currently in control of Hungary. Cachtice was plundered by Turkish forces in 1599, but Vienna remained secure. Nasady died in either 1602 or 1604, and his death is attributed to various causes in different sources.
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"Those addicted to the new-music radio show and Web site Bathory-Kitsz cohosts will find interest in his sound sculpture, a sample of which is caught here. Glistening tones ring in the air, bits of deconstructed voices float by, a dark bass pulse starts up that's more felt than heard, in large-scale periodic cycles that would replicate the opening if allowed to continue for some 27 years. You don't get a distinct idea of his creative personality from this first disc, but it's enjoyable how the exquisite rings continually modulate even when nothing seems to be happening."
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The book goes heavily into the myths connected to Erzsebet Bathory. The findings in the book have been challenged in future books so its usefulness can be questioned. Still it is something to consider.
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Steven Bathory-Peeler composes concert music ranging from instrumental solos to chamber music and large-scale symphonic forms. Equally facile in vocal and instrumental idioms he has received commissions and grants from various organizations throughout the United States.
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