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The music and scripts of In Dahomey

Title
The music and scripts of In Dahomey / edited by Thomas L. Riis.
Author
Cook, Will Marion
Publication
  • Middleton, Wisconsin : Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.
  • ©1996

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Additional Authors
  • Riis, Thomas Laurence
  • Shipp, Jesse, 1859-1934
  • Rogers, Alex, 1876-1930
  • Hill, J. Leubrie (John Leubrie), -1916
  • Vaughan, James, 1874-approximately 1935
  • Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906
Description
1 vocal score (lxxii, 245 pages) : illustrations; 31 cm.
Summary
"With over eleven hundred performances in the United States and England between 1902 and 1905, In Dahomey became a landmark of American musical theater. Created and performed entirely by African Americans, it showcased the talent of conservatory-trained composer Will Marion Cook and the popular vaudevillians Bert Williams and George Walker. This edition presents the musical and textual materials of In Dahomey in a comprehensive piano-vocal score, with many musical numbers that were added or substituted in various early productions. This complete array of songs makes this the first publication of its type." --
Series Statement
  • Recent researches in American Music ; 25
  • Music of the United States of America ; v.5
Uniform Title
  • In Dahomey. Vocal score
  • Music of the United States of America ; v. 5.
  • Recent researches in American music ; 25.
Alternative Title
In Dahomey.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Vocal scores.
  • Musicals.
  • Music.
  • Excerpts.
  • Librettos.
  • Scores.
Note
  • An edition of the Afro-American musical which includes the core music composed principally by Will Marion Cook (originally published London, 1902) and as much of the interpolated music as can be identified from performances of the work given from 1902 to 1905. Other composers represented by more than two songs are James Vaughan and J. Leubrie Hill. Lyrics by Cook, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alex Rogers, and others. Script by Jesse Shipp (p. xlvii-lxxii).
  • Piano accompaniment.
  • Includes introductory essay and critical apparatus.
  • Discography: page 245.
  • Includes orchestrations of Dat gal of mine, My Dahomian Queen, and On emancipation day (pages 207-243).
Bibliography (note)
  • Editorial commentary Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes discography (page 245).
Contents
Overture -- Brown-skin baby mine -- Caboceers entrance -- Chocolate drops -- The Czar -- Dat gal of mine -- Evah dahkey is a king -- Good evenin' -- Happy Jim -- Hurrah for Captain Kidd -- I may be crazy, but I ain't no fool -- I wants to be a actor lady -- I'll take a kitchen mechanic for mine -- I'm a Jonah man -- Jig -- Leader of the colored aristocracy -- Me an' de minstrel ban' -- Molly Green -- My castle on the Nile -- My Dahomian Queen -- My dear Luzon -- My lady frog -- On Broadway in Dahomey bye and bye -- On emancipation day -- On emancipation day : characteristic Negro march and two step -- Rag-time drummer -- Returned -- A rich coon's babe -- She's dancing Sue -- Society -- Swing along -- That's how the cake walk's done -- When it's all goin' out, and nothin' comin' in -- When Sousa comes to Coon-town -- When the moon shines -- Why Adam sinned.
Call Number
JNG 96-325
ISBN
  • 0895793423
  • 9780895793423
LCCN
97707961
OCLC
35870717
Author
Cook, Will Marion, composer.
Title
The music and scripts of In Dahomey / edited by Thomas L. Riis.
Publisher
Middleton, Wisconsin : Published for the American Musicological Society by A-R Editions, Inc., 2020.
Copyright Date
©1996
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Recent researches in American Music ; 25
Music of the United States of America ; v.5
Music of the United States of America ; v. 5.
Recent researches in American music ; 25.
Bibliography
Editorial commentary Includes bibliographical references.
Bibliography
Includes discography (page 245).
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Riis, Thomas Laurence, editor.
Shipp, Jesse, 1859-1934, librettist.
Rogers, Alex, 1876-1930, lyricist.
Hill, J. Leubrie (John Leubrie), -1916, composer.
Vaughan, James, 1874-approximately 1935, composer.
Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906, lyricist.
Research Call Number
Sc+ G 22-17
JNG 96-325
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