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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: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047103
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045752
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1366221
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365120
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365116
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365075
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364928
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364861
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364782
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364768
for: Choral Pax
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381408
Pippin
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528442
Kinky Boots
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528427
Kinky Boots
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528426
Kinky Boots
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528417
Kinky Boots
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528374
Supergirl
for: Piano
Item no.: 1527816
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1366098
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365654
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365608
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365549
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365545
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365433
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365425
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365423
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365365
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365364
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365347
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365296
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365279
Benedictus
for: Mixed Choir or 7 Soloists [SSATTBB] a Cappella, Percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 225195
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1361710
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1361655
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1361613
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1360662
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1360383
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049709
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049492
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1047918
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049299
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527585
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527582
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527503
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526930
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948780
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928060
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 910099
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1379873