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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: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Audio-CD
Item no.: 341034
for: SOLI Kinderchor, Sprecher, INST
Score
Item no.: 277757
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231401
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), actors, piano, bass, drums [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 655814
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 426171
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 372901
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 331761
for: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 231462
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 676714
for: Children's choir (one voice), piano [keyboard], trombone, violin, bass; guitar, percussion ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 1317373
for: Flute [oboe]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 167524
for: Children's choir (2 voices), alto saxophone (E-flat), violin, cello, piano, bass, drumset
Choir score
Item no.: 690683
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1269935
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1268078
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1268072
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265851
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525084
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526494
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526198
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526082
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525920
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525899
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528441
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528419
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527635
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527634
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1527408
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1527407
from Walt Disney's Pocahontas
Essential Elements Band Series – Master Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687885
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529645
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529541
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259759
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261841
Item no.: 609804
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 799323
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 342143
for: Voice
Songbook, CD
Item no.: 346568
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 556209
for: Cello
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691992
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689591
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689050
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1208925
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 615299
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 667434
for: Piano
Item no.: 492379
From "West Side Story"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616931
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880553
30 timeless Favorites arranged for two Violins
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 676893