This piece is a contemporary homage to Mondrian’s art, utilizing the repetitive, driving rhythms characteristic of boogie-woogie adapted for a modern concert context. It stands out for its complex rhythmic layers and percussive approach to the keyboard.
The main technical challenge involves maintaining consistent rhythmic drive across the hands while navigating complex syncopations.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Broadway Boogie Woogie is rated Henle level 5 of 9 — late intermediate repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 6–7. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 7.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 5 — meaning you can already play level 4–5 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Broadway Boogie Woogie lasts about 4 minutes.
Broadway Boogie Woogie is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include '...and keep the clay wet' by Nikolaos-Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis, Bleed by Nikolaos-Laonikos Psimikakis-Chalkokondylis, Alla Turca by Marco Anzoletti — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.