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The Origins of the Musical

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.

A few important musical theatre composers

U. Zilkens: Mini-Musicals und Erzähltheater ü, Kst (+medonl)

Die Räder vom Bus

Udo Zilkens

Mini-Musicals und Erzähltheater über Reisen, Fahren und Fliegen

for: Children's voice(s)

Music score, online media

Item no.: 1566752

21.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
K. Clarke: Breaking Free (Bu)

Breaking Free

Die wunderbare Welt der LGBTQ-Musicals

Book

Item no.: 1556140

29.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
U. Zilkens: Mini-Musicals und Erzähltheater fü, GesGit (+CD)

Happy Birthday to You

Udo Zilkens

Mini–Musicals und Erzähltheater für Feiern und Festtage

for: Voice, guitar

Music lesson book, playback-CD

Item no.: 686629

19.50  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
D. Kessler: Gitarren Schnellkurs Genial Kompakt, Git
Dietrich Kessler, Frank Sawade

Gitarren Schnellkurs Genial Kompakt

for: Guitar

Music book, CD, DVD-Rom

Item no.: 152035

19.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
C. Raack: Eule findet den Beat - mit Gefühl (+CD+Audi (PaCD)
Christina Raack

Eule findet den Beat - mit Gefühl (+CD+Audio Online)

Ein Kindermusical für Schul- und Theatergruppen

for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]

Score, CD

Item no.: 1566748

39.95  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
Musical Theatre Essentials 2, GesAKlv

Musical Theatre Essentials 2

for: Voice (alto), piano

Music score

Item no.: 498405

23.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
B. Strassel: Bleib einfach anders!, SchukiGr (LBAudionl)

Einfach anders

Bernhard Strassel

Bleib einfach anders!

for: Children's voices (primary school)

Songbook, online audio

Item no.: 485774

25.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
D. Jöcker: Der Regenbogenfisch, Kst (LB)
Detlev Jöcker, Marcus Pfister

Der Regenbogenfisch

for: Children's voice(s)

Songbook

Item no.: 168817

14.90  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 2–5 working days (de)
A. Trovajoli: Rugantino, GesKlaGitKey
Armando Trovajoli

Rugantino

for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]

Music score

Item no.: 773467

20.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
V. Mandelli: Il mondo di Annah, Schkl (+OnlAudio)
Veruska Mandelli

Il mondo di Annah

Il Musical
Una storia quanto mai attuale da mettere in scena in un vero e proprio musical per ragazzi.

for: School class

Music score, online audio

Item no.: 1023549

24.65  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
V. Cavazzuti: La voce nel Musical, Ges (Bu)
Valentina Cavazzuti, Franco Fussi, Angelo Fernando Galeano

La voce nel Musical

Storia, Didattica, Tecnica, Stile, Fisiologia e Igiene Vocale

for: Voice

Book

Item no.: 972673

21.30  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
Musical Theatre Essentials 1, GesAKlv

Musical Theatre Essentials 1

for: Voice (alto), piano

Music score

Item no.: 498403

23.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
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Irlando Danieli

I re delle stelle

for: Voice, piano

Piano reduction

Item no.: 777047

20.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
C. Klomp: Weihnachten mit Luther, GsSpKchInstr (Chpa)
Carsten Klomp, Wibke Klomp

Weihnachten mit Luther

Ein Krippenspiel
Singstimmen

for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments

Choir score

Item no.: 1549554

1.20  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
In stock. Delivery time: 1–3 working days (de)
L. Wouters: De Kerstmusical Engelbert, Ges (+CD)
Leo Wouters

De Kerstmusical Engelbert

for: Voice

Music score, Playback-CD

Item no.: 774504

40.15  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 1–3 weeks.
C. Klomp: Weihnachten mit Luther, GsSpKchInstr (Part.)
Carsten Klomp, Wibke Klomp

Weihnachten mit Luther

for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments

Score

Item no.: 557027

6.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
C. Klomp: Weihnachten mit Luther, GsSpKchInstr (Stsatz)
Carsten Klomp, Wibke Klomp

Weihnachten mit Luther

Ein Krippenspiel
Solostimmen in C und B

for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments

Set of parts

Item no.: 1549555

2.00  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
P. Menger: Er-wartet, GesKchSpTst; (Arbh)

Ein Kind wird geboren (Demo)

Peter Menger

Er-wartet

Ein unerwartetes Weihnachtsmusical

for: Soloists, children's choir, narrator, keyboard; melodic instruments, rhythm instruments ad lib.

Work book (educational book)

Item no.: 691421

7.99  €incl. VAT, plus shipping
Delivery time: 5–7 working days (de)
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