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In the 1920s, a new genre of modern music theatre emerged on New York’s Broadway, combining various popular forms, consisting of songs, dialog, drama, dance and music: the musical.
The true origins of the musical however, go back much, much further. Traces can be seen in opéra comique, Komödie, operetta, revue and vaudeville. The first “classic” musicals followed a very traditional, classical style and form, like “Lady, Be Good” (1924) by George Gershwin, and “Show Boat” (1927) by Jerome Kern, and Cole Porter (“Anything Goes” 1934,“ Kiss Me, Kate” 1948, “Can-Can 1953) and Irving Berlin (“Annie Get Your Gun” 1946) were among the first generation of musical composers. The next wave of musical composers included Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein (“Oklahoma! ” 1943,“ Carousel” 1945, “The Sound of Music” 1959), as well as Frederick Loewe (“My Fair Lady” 1956) and Jerry Herman (“Hello Dolly!” 1964, “La Cage aux Folles” 1983).
With “West Side Story” (1957) by Leonard Bernstein, and the subsequent film in 1961, musicals became more and more popular, and the musical “Grease” (1971) by Warren Casey & Jim Jacobs was also adapted into a huge blockbuster film in 1978.
Among the many different styles of musicals, Galt McDermot’s “Hair” (1967) and Richard O’Brien’s “Rocky Horror Show” (1973) were highly successful rock musicals.
Moving into the modern era of musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber (“Jesus Christ Superstar” 1971,“ Evita” 1978, “Cats” 1980,“ The Phantom of the Opera” 1986 ) is considered one of the most influential composers to this day. Modern musicals are now often through composed, like operas, the spoken dialogue largely disappears, and characters sing throughout. Moving into the 1980s, musicals by Claude-Michel Schönberg (“Les Misérables” 1980,“ Miss Saigon”1989) and by Stephen Sondheim (“Sweeney Todd” 1979,“ Sunday in the Park with George” 1983, “Into the Woods” 1986) were extremely popular.
At the end of the 1990s, ’tribute musicals’ became increasingly popular, which showcase songs by a particular artist or band, and weave the story and drama around the music. A few good examples include “Saturday Night Fever” 1998 (Bee Gees), “Mamma Mia!” 1999 (ABBA), and “We Will Rock You” 2002 (Queen).
The 2010s were shaped by huge hits like “The Book of Mormon” (2011) by Robert Lopez, Disney’s “Frozen” (2013), and the straight to film musical “La la Land” (2016) by Justin Hurwitz.
for: Soloists, children's choir (1 voice), narrators, flute, clarinet (B-flat), violin, cello, piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 345179
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 291754
for: Voice, piano
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1317570
for: Trombone, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 631655
Discovery Band
A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 368142
for: Vocal Piano
Buch
Item no.: 617411
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Sprecher, Klavier (Orgel), 2 Melodie-Instrumente in C oder in B und Schlagzeug
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 326663
for: Voice
Buch + CD
Item no.: 556365
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 299403
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 241711
for: ShowTrax CD
CD
Item no.: 798726
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1715084
for: Narrator, youth choir (one voice), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 357052
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 403628
for: Children's choir (1 part), narrator, guitar [piano/keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 1566813
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 178201
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 637799
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 399846
for: Kinderchor, INST (KLAV)
Score
Item no.: 158050
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 676673
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 584799
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 456864
for: 3 soloists (boy soprano, soprano, tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192459
for: Children's choir, instruments
2 Bücher, CD
Item no.: 631903
Songbook
Item no.: 344180
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691868
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805447
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804186
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 811268
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798441
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803525
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 552775
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 340271
Musical für Kindergarten und Grundschule für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumente ad lib)
Klavier-Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 669422
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 273890
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 555570
for: Voice (tenor)
Buch + CD
Item no.: 332284
for: für Salonorchester
Set of parts
Item no.: 189410
for: Melody, Lyrics and Chords
Buch + CD
Item no.: 477768
Songbook
Item no.: 142433
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 124240
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 399796
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 551228
for: Voice
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 489367
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 482058
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 483717
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