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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: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359895
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1364323
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1365681
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1365202
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1361828
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1360921
Music Makes the World Go Round
for: Flexible ensemble
Single parts 1, 2, 3 in B-flat (Clarinet)
Item no.: 212560
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764228
OTHER
Item no.: 845977
1./3./4. Stimme in C
Music Makes the World Go Round
for: Flexible ensemble
Part for trombone [cello/bassoon/baritone horn]
Item no.: 185150
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 559513
Kindermusical, ab 5 Jahren
Theater spielen, singen und tanzen
for: Voice (high)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 685869
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 231395
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 219109
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 981833
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933220
Score
Item no.: 277751
for: Str, Partitur
Buch
Item no.: 264911
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 776625
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Tuba
Item no.: 374200
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 864599
from Matilda the Musical
ShowTrax CD
Broadway Choral
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 745167
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814392
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814118
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1021019
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 363837
for: Flexible ensemble
Single parts 1, 2, 3 in B-flat (Clarinet)
Item no.: 377395
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Trombone
Item no.: 374197
for: VoiceTrax CD
CD
Item no.: 816131
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1534431
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 852043
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341589
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341567
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1341547
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 343673
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 334555
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 311436
for: Flexible ensemble
Part for trombone [cello/bassoon/baritone horn]
Item no.: 479558
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 810384
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 164612
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 565330
for: AKK 4 (Gitarre)
Single part
Item no.: 492822
Music Makes The World Go Round
Single part Bass instrument (B-flat) Violin clef
Item no.: 206094
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 4
Item no.: 218607
Operette für Kinderchor, Fl, 2 Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Synthesizer, Keyboard
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231309
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Trombone in B-flat
Item no.: 613956
for: Children's choir, instruments
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644558
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