Michael Kurth: Verbunkociousness for violin and double bass

About the Composition Verbunkociousness is a virtuosic duet for violin and double bass (in standard tuning), about four minutes long. I wrote it for Tracy Woodard, an Atlanta friend/violinist/superhero activist and advocate for the homeless. I will donate 50% of my proceeds from the sale of this work to her non-profit Mad Housers, who build shelters for the homeless. Or just donate directly at madhousers.org. A verbunkos is a Hungarian folk dance that began as a way that hussars would recruit men into the army of the Hapsburg Empire because apparently prospective recruits were easily convinced that a soldiering career mostly involved fancy costumes and dancing. And  Wikipedia thinks it's important to know that spur-clicking was involved. Wikipedia, stop, you had me at "spur-clicking." About the Composer Kurth has been a member of the Atlanta Symphony bass section since 1994.  Michael Kurth thinks most artist biographies are pretentious and boring, and feels a welcome sense of liberati