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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.
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026352
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026332
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026225
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026224
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026180
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026165
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026137
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025957
D
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027307
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026440
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026435
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026421
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026371
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1612999
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665847
G
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665634
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1565477
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1565434
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1589291
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746303
for: Voice (alto); guitar [keyboard] ad lib.
Music score, CD
Item no.: 468566
Kann es wirklich Liebe sein
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 604291
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1049414
Gm
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034126
for: Trumpet (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 684009
from the musical "Kinky Boots"
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746360
from the musical "Kinky Boots"
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746347
Definitve Edition (newly arranged 2019)
Complete Songs and Interludes
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 694835
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1030468
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026532
Children's Edition
for: Voice, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 681503
for: Trombone
Music score, CD
Item no.: 634414
for: Soli, Sprecher (1 Erwachsener), 4stg Kinderchor, Violine, Saxophone (1 Spieler), E-Gitarre, (E-Bass), 3 Keyboards (Klavier), Schlagzeug-Set, Congas, Stabspiele (2-3 Spieler)
Score
Item no.: 175988
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1042931
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672422
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Songbook (piano, chords, text)
Item no.: 817905
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 816638
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1161787
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1161783
for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 655691
for: Voice, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 142722
for: Violin
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 476891
with online Playback
A Collection of 40 Songs from the Musical Stage
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 475721
12 Songs from the musical for piano (guitar) and vocals
for: Voice, piano
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 681179
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1042923
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1633911
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