Percy Grainger’s piece subtitled “Cakewalk Smasher” is titled in reference to a musical composed primarily by this man with lyrics by Paul Laurence Dunbar. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this primary composer of the Walker and Williams vehicle In Dahomey. This violinist’s works In Dahomey and Clorindy are cited as two of the earliest Broadway musicals with all-Black casts.
ANSWER: Will Marion Cook
[10m] A later collaboration between Cook, Walker, and Williams is Bandanna Land, a musical set in this state. Purlie Victorious is set in this state, as is a Jason Robert Brown musical that features a “summation and cakewalk” and “This Is Not Over Yet.”
ANSWER: Georgia [or GA] (The Jason Robert Brown musical is Parade.)
[10e] An incident in which Walker and Williams posed as Dahomey natives may have inspired the now-cut song “In Dahomey,” from this musical whose 1936 film version featured Paul Robeson (“ROHB-son”) singing “Ol’ Man River.”
ANSWER: Show Boat
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