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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: Children's choir, performer
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 443969
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 770272
for: Children's choir, piano
Score, Audio-CD
Item no.: 472392
Audio-CD
Item no.: 456083
Zwei Minimusicals zur Adventszeit und zwei Krippenspiele
Demo-CD (Gesamtaufnahme)
Audio-CD
Item no.: 496600
Music score
Item no.: 361561
for: Guitar
Songbook (with lyrics and chords – without notes)
Item no.: 490353
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815400
for: Narrator, soloists, mixed choir, winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1703128
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374644
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807397
Songbook
Item no.: 344235
From the Broadway Musical "Mame"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674438
for: Children's choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 618722
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 332662
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 231425
Songbook
Item no.: 343651
Ein Musical für den Klassenverband
Kaleidoskop
Ensemble scores, CD
Item no.: 205257
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook (melody, chords, lyrics), Playback-CD
Item no.: 691709
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 632099
for: Narrator, voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 445667
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 488352
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231406
Piano reduction
Item no.: 462571
Junior Spotlight Series
Piano reduction, Playback-CD
Item no.: 281067
Weihnachtsmusical zum Anhören und Aufführen
Playback-CD
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 496620
for: KA CD
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 142359
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 815979
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Set of parts
Item no.: 1651749
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812935
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374687
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374685
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1364463
Zwei Minimusicals zur Adventszeit und zwei Krippenspiele
Playback-CD
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 496601
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 610606
Bilderbuch gebunden
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 660412
for: Piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 310820
Weihnachtsminimusical für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Audio-CD
Item no.: 457222
Weihnachtsmusical
for: Children's choir, instruments
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 1632567
Ein Musikspiel in 4 Akten über das Leben der im Jahre 1236 heiliggesprochenen Elisabeth
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 278684
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814271
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807519
for: Chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 809282
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803635
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 673462
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231409
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 463844
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Set of parts
Item no.: 810011