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Clorindy: The Origin of the Cakewalk
''Clorindy, or The Origin of the Cake Walk''〔The original title was ''The Origin of the Cake Walk''. By the end of the first run, it had evolved into ''Clorindy, or the Origin of the Cake Walk''. See, for example, ''New York Herald'', July 31, 1898, and Edward E. Rice's advertisement in the August 20, 1898 ''New York Dramatic Mirror''.〕 is a one-act musical by composer Will Marion Cook and librettist Paul Laurence Dunbar.
The piece premiered in 1898 and was the first Broadway musical with an all-black cast. It starred the famous African-American performer Ernest Hogan. Popular songs from the show included "Who Dat Say Chicken In Dis Crowd" (one of the first documented uses of the well-known "Who Dat?" comedy motif)〔Hollis Robbins, ("The Origin of 'Who Dat?' It goes back to minstrelsy, but it’s OK to say it now" ), ''The Root'', February 9, 2010.〕 and the finale, "Darktown Is Out Tonight".〔
==Development==
Despite his traditional musical education in music schools in Europe and America, Cook believed that "Negroes should eschew white patterns" and work to create unique styles to reflect their unique culture, rather than imitating the music of whites. Cook dreamed of presenting the first musical play with an all black cast on Broadway. Encouraged by the vaudeville duo Bert Williams and George Walker, Cook recruited his friend, poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, to write the book and lyrics for the new show.〔 The duo completed the music and lyrics for the production in a single night in a basement near Howard University "equipped with beer, whiskey, a T-bone steak, but no piano." 〔 Dunbar found the collaboration so unpleasant that he vowed never to work with Cook again, but the two nonetheless collaborated on several more productions, including 1903's ''In Dahomey''.
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