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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: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691998
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 474709
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 475612
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 303514
Seven arrangements from the animated film for Violin
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 675721
Songbook
Item no.: 329051
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Item no.: 142454
for: Actors (children), violin, strings, piano 6 hands; narrator ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672252
for: High voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords), Playback-CD
Item no.: 477767
for: Voices, narrator, children's choir, piano
CD
Item no.: 466417
for: Baritone saxophone
Item no.: 299580
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 311409
for: Voice, piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 123262
Highlights from the american musical
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 261401
for: Children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 244862
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 478145
for: Children's choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 339556
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658876
for: Baritone or Bass Voice
CD
Item no.: 475739
for Cello solo
Instrumental Solos
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 683172
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 802551
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 798795
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1581155
for: 5 trumpets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291460
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291453
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291445
for: Baritone saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291433
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291408
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291405
for: Bass clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291397
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291374
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291304
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291293
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1571224
for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1571222
for: Bass trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1571220
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1571219
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1571214
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259699
for: Solo for Voice, Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Euphonium or Violin & Concert Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261282
for: Recorder
Instrumental Trio
Item no.: 1666455
for: Recorder
Instrumental Trio
Item no.: 1666440
for: Recorder
Instrumental Trio
Item no.: 1665848
for: Bass recorder, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599998
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599985
for: Tuba (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1599983
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594423