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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: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032331
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032314
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028633
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028334
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
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for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029212
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029051
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028925
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028897
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028786
Easy piano arrangement with lyrics of the blockbuster hit single from Disney's animated feature Frozen.
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 626054
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033174
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032999
from the Musical "Grease"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667214
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032655
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777393
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 768111
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 766160
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777731
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1046012
for: Musical
Buch
Item no.: 324004
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 187121
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 344135
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319638
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 289958
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 319485
for easy piano (with lyrics sand chords)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 626726
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 178272
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1047859
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 179991
Version for Tenor
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Item no.: 602136
for: voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 479869
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 168141
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 155444
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 342329
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 458452
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 475798
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 162409
from 'West Side Story'
for piano and vocal
Vocal Range: c'-g''
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 144460
P/V/G Composer Collection
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 671977
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 319248