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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.
Songbook including 17 Duets
for: 2 voices, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 485854
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 290002
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 132447
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 468579
"Dir gehört mein Herz" aus dem Musical "Tarzan"
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 671825
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029534
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029160
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036084
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 145892
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 292001
Selections for mixed chorus and piano, score (en)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 414564
for: Voice, piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 607210
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 369336
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 493536
Songbook for high voice and piano (guitar)
Musik Minus One
for: Voice (high), piano
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), online audio
Item no.: 680746
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 177463
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026417
Cm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033456
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035478
Dm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032826
D
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029085
for: Clarinet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 554999
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 812217
for: Voice, piano
Songbook (piano, chords, text)
Item no.: 1550918
Bm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035044
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028814
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028204
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029154
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036285
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033787
Am
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1049324
Erfolgstitel aus Sister Act
"Herr, ich folge Dir"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604316
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 145572
for: Clarinet
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 659714
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 668412
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029210
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029112
Dm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032908
Ab
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051290
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029069
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 690147
Vocal Selections - Piano, Vocal & Guitar (PVG)
13 of the most famous songs
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 635288
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 292774
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 648565
Am
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035043
A
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026168
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028990
for voice and accordion
from the musical "Caroline Chisholm"
for: Voice, accordion
Score
Item no.: 663867