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[MUSIC PLAYING] JULIA BRENNAN: In example five, we've paired together a Mondrian work called, Broadway Boogie Woogie, with the work by Tommy Dorsey about the Boogie Woogie. Now you'll notice the similarities between them. Mondrian's artwork was based on the New York grid pattern, so you'll see that repetitive grid sort of a look, much like the shuffling feet that you might hear in the New York City.

You'll notice the characteristics of the Boogie Woogie leaping out at you when you look at the artwork and you listen to the music. So that constant shuffling rhythm-- a bit like what we'd call an ostinato now with a repeated pattern going over and over again-- that's in both the artwork and in the music. And then with interjections of color through different instruments when you're listening and through color and shapes in the artwork.

You'll also see little interjections of color and changes of shape, much like a horn on a car or other environmental sounds that you might hear in New York. When you listen to the music, the same impact should be felt.

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