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{"value"=>"Cook, Will Marion"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Composer and violinist. Trained as a violinist, Cook co-wrote (along with poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar) the musical sketch comedy <span class=\"title\">Clorindy: The Origin of the Cakewalk</span> (1898), which introduced him to actress-singer Abbie Mitchell, who became his wife. Cook was composer-in-chief for several musical comedies for the vaudeville team of Williams and Walker, including (but not limited to) <span class=\"title\">Jes Lak White Folks</span> (1899), <span class=\"title\">The Casino Girl</span> (1900), <span class=\"title\">The Policy Player</span> (1900), <span class=\"title\">In Dahomey</span> (1902), and <span class=\"title\">In Abyssinia</span> (1906). With over 1,100 performances in the United States and England between 1902 and 1905, <span class=\"title\">In Dahomey</span> became a landmark of the American musical theater. Cook also organized the New York (later renamed American) Syncopated Theatre.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>The file contains \"Will Marion Cook,\" a biographical essay written by Bill Reed and notes by Armstead-Johnson.</p>"}
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