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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: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803635
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807519
for: Chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 809282
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 463844
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 673462
Ein Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit mit Motiven aus Lukas 16,19-31
Chorpartitur
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 423977
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 231423
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Set of parts
Item no.: 810011
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811585
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808511
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804775
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Score
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Choral
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
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for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Voice [choir]; accompanying instrument ad lib.
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords), app
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681200
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813398
Schul-Musical für Kinder ab 9 Jahren
Partitur und CD (Hörspiel und Playbacks)
for: Children's choir, piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 660282
for: Recorder
Instrumental Trio
Item no.: 1665696
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score
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for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Book
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for: Children's choir, performer
Book (Hardcover)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Book
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Krippenspiele, Weihnachtsmusicals und weihnachtliche Anspiele zu biblischen Geschichten
für Gemeinde und Schule
for: Children's choir, instruments
Book, CD-ROM
Item no.: 602893
Eine tierisch-afrikanische Weihnachtsgeschichte mit Musik
for: Soli, div. Sprecher, Kinderchor (4stimmig), 2 Saxophone (SA), Keyboard, Klavier, Bass-Gitarre, Congas/Perc
CD
Item no.: 425025
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Lyric book
Item no.: 231424
Eine Troll- und Menschengeschichte
Book
Item no.: 140523
for: KCH SPR KLAV (+ STR)
Score
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CD
Item no.: 182716
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812681
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 409779
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 800127
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810996
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 489459
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score, Playback-CD
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1376407
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365384
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188490
für Kinderchor und Instrumente Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen (Arbeitsheft)
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 276922
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