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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.
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032331
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032314
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032277
Fm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1031035
Dm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1030953
Dm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1030772
Bb
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052048
F
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051350
C
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051234
F
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051170
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033536
Kann es wirklich Liebe sein
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604292
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036834
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036809
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036807
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036720
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036211
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1046305
D
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1046019
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1046012
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028334
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1028196
Ab
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028130
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028090
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028925
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028897
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028786
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028659
Em
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028655
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028633
for easy piano
(with lyrics and chords)
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 605308
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Songbook
Item no.: 601414
for: voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 479869
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034289
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034160
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032332
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1031044
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 474710
Version for Mezzo-Soprano/Alto
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 604568
Version for Tenor
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Item no.: 602136
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777393
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 481979
Baritone/Bass Book with Online Audio of Piano Accompaniments
for: Voice (low), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 477808
A Collection of 38 Songs from the Musical Stage
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 475743
with online Playback
A Collection of 42 Songs from the Musical Stage
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 475287
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 399916
From: Disney's `Lion King´ - Broadway Musical
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 377543