What is a good response to... Shuffle Along was a musical play created by two African American comedians, Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. The music was composed by Eubie Blake and Paul Robeson who also performed in the musical. Shuffle Along was considered a groundbreaking event during the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance. It was an accomplishment that “put Negroes back on Broadway”, Wintz (2015, para. 9). It energized and re-conceptualized the nightlife and music in Harlem. It was an introduction of black music, entertainment, and theater to white people in New York. Wintz (2015, para. 10) writes that it was described as a “honey of a show” by Langston Hughes. The music hall was always filled and people came back to see it multiple times. Shuffle Along was a creation that included jazz music and dance as well as generated financial success and set the path for more African American Broadway shows. Although blues and jazz music were originated and imported from the South, these genres were a large part of the Harlem Renaissance and African American culture which facilitated the spread of these forms of music across the country. Shuffle Along was a hit show with 474 performances running on Broadway that was created, produced, and performed by African Americans (Wintz, 2015). The music produced from the Harlem Renaissance is still prevalent and has influenced and continues to influence all Americans today.
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Shuffle Along was a musical play created by two African American comedians, Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles. The music was composed by Eubie Blake and Paul Robeson who also performed in the musical. Shuffle Along was considered a groundbreaking event during the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance. It was an accomplishment that “put Negroes back on Broadway”, Wintz (2015, para. 9). It energized and re-conceptualized the nightlife and music in Harlem. It was an introduction of black music, entertainment, and theater to white people in New York. Wintz (2015, para. 10) writes that it was described as a “honey of a show” by Langston Hughes. The music hall was always filled and people came back to see it multiple times. Shuffle Along was a creation that included jazz music and dance as well as generated financial success and set the path for more African American Broadway shows. Although blues and jazz music were originated and imported from the South, these genres were a large part of the Harlem Renaissance and African American culture which facilitated the spread of these forms of music across the country. Shuffle Along was a hit show with 474 performances running on Broadway that was created, produced, and performed by African Americans (Wintz, 2015). The music produced from the Harlem Renaissance is still prevalent and has influenced and continues to influence all Americans today.
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