I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.

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The fact that the theatregoing public likes my music is no credit to me. There are many other composers who write better music that the public doesn't like.

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SCENE ONE (The levee at Natchez on the Mississippi. About 1890. The towboat "Mollie Able" is up R. The show boat "Cotton Blossom" is up L. STEVEDORES are piling up bales of cotton...