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MUSA 5
The Music and Scripts of In Dahomey
Edited by Thomas L. Riis |
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With more than 1,100 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 talents of conservatory-trained composer Will Marion Cook and the
popular vaudevillians Bert Williams and George Walker. This edition
presents the surviving musical and textual materials of In Dahomey
in a comprehensive piano-vocal score. In Dahomey was a fluid
production with an ever-changing script and series of musical novelties.
Riis's research brings the show's widely dispersed sheet music sources and
two extant versions of the script together for the first time, casting
light on both African-American cultural history and the performance
traditions of American musical theater.
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