Will Accooe

Willis J. Accooe (1874 – 26 de abril de 1904) fue un músico y compositor afroamericano, principalmente de musicales. ^{[ 1 ]}^{[ 2 ]} Fue "un importante compositor durante el nacimiento del musical negro", según el sitio web de la Biblioteca del Congreso . ^{[ 2 ]}

Vida y carrera

Nació en Winchester, Virginia, hijo del predicador John Harris Accooe y Anna Accooe. ^{[ 3 ]} Se casó con la también música e intérprete Alice Mackey. ^{[ 1 ]} Estudió en la Academia Princesa Ana en Maryland. ^{[ 4 ]}

Tocó el órgano en la Exposición del Centenario de Tennessee de 1897 , y su composición Marcha del Centenario de Tennessee resultó ser un gran éxito. ^[²^]

Accooe fue director musical de los Octoroons de John William Isham , una popular compañía de estilo casi juglar, ^[²^] y también fue director musical de producciones con Bert Williams . Con Bob Cole y Billy Johnson produjo A Trip to Coontown en 1898, "el primer musical de Nueva York escrito, producido e interpretado por artistas negros". Escribió canciones para el espectáculo y fue su director musical. ^[²^] Además de su otro trabajo teatral, también trabajó en musicales de Broadway para público blanco, incluyendo The Belle of Bridgeport (1900), The Liberty Belles (1901) y The Casino Girl (1900-1901). ^[¹^]^[⁵^]

Coescribió un musical con Will Marion Cook titulado The Cannibal King (1901), pero nunca se produjo. ^{[ 2 ]} Fue co-compositor de la comedia musical de Harry B. Smith , The Liberty Belles , que se produjo en 1901. ^{[ 6 ]} Compuso parte de la música para la comedia musical Sons of Ham . Durante una producción de la obra de Avery y Hart (Dan Avery y Charles Hart) en 1903, Accoué fue el director de la orquesta. ^{[ 7 ]}

Escribió la ópera cómica Los voluntarios en 1903, pero enfermó y la producción se detuvo. ^{[ 3 ]}

Accooee wrote his own funeral oration shortly before his death. He died at age 30 on April 26, 1904, in Brooklyn, New York.^[4]^[8]

Selected compositions

Chicken (1899), co-wrote^[9]
Lulu: I loves yer, Lulu^[2] co-wrote (1901)^[10]
Love Has Claimed Its Own (1901), co-wrote^[11]
Black Patti Waltzes
Ma Dandy Soldier Coon (1900)^[12]
On the Road to Cairo Town (1903) co-wrote with James O'Dea^[13]
In a Birch Canoe (1904)^[14]
The Phrenologist Coon was released five times on Victor Records in recordings by either Bert Williams or Silas Leachman.^[15]
Tennessee Centennial March (1897)^[2]

References

1 2 3Peterson, Bernard L. (August 11, 2001). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816–1960. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 3. ISBN 9780313295348– via Google Books.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8"Will Accooe (d. 1904)". Library of Congress.
1 2"AfriClassical: Will Accooe (1874–1904) Composed 'Black Patti Waltzes' (6:16) on New World Records CD 'Black Manhattan, Vol. 2' by Paragon Ragtime Orchestra". December 27, 2012.
1 2"Wrote Own Funeral Oration: It Will Be Delivered To-morrow Over Body of Will Accooe, Song Writer". New York Times. April 27, 1904. p. 2. ProQuest 96427211. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
↑Peterson, Bernard L. (1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 31, 74, 215. ISBN 978-0-313-26657-7. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
↑"Reopening of the columbia theater with "the liberty belles."". The Washington Post. September 22, 1901. ProQuest 144232335. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
↑"Other Attractions". The Washington Post. April 21, 1903. p. 4. ProQuest 144426272. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
↑"Musical Author and Composer". Boston Evening Transcript. April 28, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
↑Chicken. August 14, 1899. OCLC 51717040.
↑Lulu: I loves yer, Lulu. August 14, 1901. OCLC 60404619.
↑Love has claimed its own. August 14, 1901. OCLC 497033668.
↑Ma dandy soldier coon
↑On the road to Cairo town. August 14, 1903. OCLC 1117311435.
↑Zapolski, Milton (February 15, 1988). "The marine band's black classics". The Washington Post. p. D3. ProQuest 139855811. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
↑Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Accooe, Will," accessed October 11, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116854.

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Additional biographical information

[profile-1] 1 2 3Peterson, Bernard L. (August 11, 2001). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816–1960. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 3. ISBN 9780313295348– via Google Books.

[loc-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8"Will Accooe (d. 1904)". Library of Congress.

[tra-3] 1 2"AfriClassical: Will Accooe (1874–1904) Composed 'Black Patti Waltzes' (6:16) on New World Records CD 'Black Manhattan, Vol. 2' by Paragon Ragtime Orchestra". December 27, 2012.

[funeral-4] 1 2"Wrote Own Funeral Oration: It Will Be Delivered To-morrow Over Body of Will Accooe, Song Writer". New York Times. April 27, 1904. p. 2. ProQuest 96427211. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[5] Peterson, Bernard L. (1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 31, 74, 215. ISBN 978-0-313-26657-7. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[6] "Reopening of the columbia theater with "the liberty belles."". The Washington Post. September 22, 1901. ProQuest 144232335. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[7] "Other Attractions". The Washington Post. April 21, 1903. p. 4. ProQuest 144426272. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[8] "Musical Author and Composer". Boston Evening Transcript. April 28, 1904. p. 7. Retrieved November 4, 2021.

[9] Chicken. August 14, 1899. OCLC 51717040.

[10] Lulu: I loves yer, Lulu. August 14, 1901. OCLC 60404619.

[11] Love has claimed its own. August 14, 1901. OCLC 497033668.

[12] Ma dandy soldier coon

[13] On the road to Cairo town. August 14, 1903. OCLC 1117311435.

[14] Zapolski, Milton (February 15, 1988). "The marine band's black classics". The Washington Post. p. D3. ProQuest 139855811. Retrieved November 3, 2021.

[15] Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Accooe, Will," accessed October 11, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116854.

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