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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: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033417
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034226
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034810
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034709
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034598
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034481
Song from "The Greatest Showman" für Vocals and Piano (Guitar)
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 677340
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 817316
for: Voice (high)
Book
Item no.: 609188
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035573
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 177591
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 768113
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777780
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 486484
from Frozen: The Broadway Musical
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 746301
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533123
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532927
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 687270
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 443629
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 225633
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 157182
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 155615
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 332646
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 319963
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 490897
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 769044
for: Tuba
Music score
Item no.: 400872
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 499723
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 176315
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586299
Easy Piano
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Songbook (piano, chords, text)
Item no.: 664544
for: Women's choir (SA), piano [guitar/keyboard]
Score
Item no.: 459854
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 319238
for: Piano [keyboard/guitar]; voice ad lib.
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 399992
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 319119
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 442761
from Disney's `Pocahontas´
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 319302
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319348
for: Mixed choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 163530
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 165242
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 332818
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 207835
The Four Corners Collection
Berlin Philharmonic Horn Quartet
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677582
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531086
from: "The Little Mermaid"
for: Percussion ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693054
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 668297
nach einer Geschichte von Annegert Fuchshuber
for: Children's choir [youth choir], piano; instruments ad lib.
Score, demo CD, playback-CD
Item no.: 778281
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