Music of the United States of America

Will Marion Cook et al.
The Music and Scripts of In Dahomey
Edited by Thomas L. Riis
 
 

A 25/MU 5	ISBN 0-89579-342-3	(1996) lxxii+245 pp.	$135.00
	ISBN 978-0-89579-342-3 (13-digit)

With over 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 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.

Music Sample

Contents 

In Dahomey in Text and Performance, by Thomas Riis

 

 

 The Script

 The Music 

Overture	by Will Marion Cook
Brown-Skin Baby Mine	words by Will Marion Cook and Cecil Mack, music by Will Marion Cook
Caboceers Entrance	words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will Marion Cook
Chocolate Drops	by Harry von Tilzer
The Czar	words by Alex Rogers, music by John H. Cook and Will Marion Cook
Dat Gal of Mine	by Benj. L. Shook
Evah Dahkey Is a King	words by E. P. Moran and Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by John H. Cook
Good Evenin'	words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will Marion Cook
Happy Jim	by James Vaughan
Hurray for Captain Kidd	words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will Marion Cook
I May Be Crazy, But I Ain't No Fool	by Alex Rogers
I Wants to Be a Actor Lady	words by Vincent Bryan, music by Harry von Tilzer
I'll Take a Kitchen Mechanic for Mine	by Tom Logan
I'm a Jonah Man	by Alex Rogers
Jig	by Bert Williams
Leader of the Colored Aristocracy	words by James W. Johnson, music by Will Marion Cook
Me an' de Minstrel Ban'	words by Alex Rogers, music by James Vaughan
Molly Green	words by Cecil Mack, music by Will Marion Cook
My Castle on the Nile	words by James W. Johnson and Bob Cole, music by Rosamond Johnson
My Dahomian Queen	words by Frank Williams, music by J. Leubrie Hill
My Dear Luzon	words by J. A. Shipp, music by Tom Lemonier
My Lady Frog	words and music by Will Marion Cook and Will Accooe
On Broadway in Dahomey Bye and Bye	words by Alex Rogers, music by Al Johns
On Emancipation Day	words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will Marion Cook
On Emancipation Day	by Will Marion Cook
Rag-time Drummer	by J. Leubrie Hill
Returned	words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will Marion Cook
A Rich Coon's Babe	by Clare Kummer
She's Dancing Sue	words by Charles S. Sager, music by Will Marion Cook and Will Accooe
Society	words by Paul Laurence Dunbar, music by Will Marion Cook and Will Accooe
Swing Along	by Will Marion Cook
That's How the Cake Walk's Done	by J. Leubrie Hill
When It's All Goin' Out, And Nothin' Comin' In	words and music by Williams and Walker, words revised by James W. Johnson
When Sousa Comes to Coon-town	words by Alex Rogers, music by James Vaughan and Tom Lemonier
When the Moon Shines	words by Alex Rogers, music by James Vaughan
Why Adam Sinned	by Alex Rogers