Between Salon and Swing: The World of Novelty Piano

In this recital, pianist and historian Alex Hassan explores the syncopated stylings of 1920s/1930s Novelty Piano masters. An outgrowth of the late-Romantic classical salon style, Novelty Piano allowed fleet fingered, classically trained virtuosos of the early 20th century to dip a toe into the wild new currents of jazz, embracing the rhythmic verve of swingin' syncopation, while still maintaining the graceful arabesques of their more strait-laced classical forebears.

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