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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: Male voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 663916
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 768134
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811859
for: Tiefes Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808916
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 808129
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 1697337
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810311
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804880
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814876
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664805
for: Keyboard [piano/electric organ]; voice ad lib.
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 1664551
from the musical "Les Misérables"
Young Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673490
from "My Fair Lady" for male choir (TTBB) and piano
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 1668199
from the Musical "The Wiz"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746255
from the musical "Something Rotten!"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746212
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806209
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812771
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 431193
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 622331
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 622330
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 489196
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 488812
for: Voice (high), piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1543844
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612412
for: Voice (medium), piano
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1044543
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034979
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026424
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026423
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026370
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026350
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026290
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026277
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026251
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026239
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026169
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026159
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026156
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026150
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026144
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026134
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026133
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026130
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028746
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028434
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027693
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027687
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027247
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1029166