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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.
From "West Side Story"
for: Piano 4 hands
Music score
Item no.: 791891
Highlights from Disney's Tangled
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1192596
Ein Kinder-Musical
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Sprecher, Klavier (Orgel), 2 Melodie-Instrumente in C oder in B und Schlagzeug
Einzelstimme 1. Stimme in B
Item no.: 748530
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1050275
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1046790
for: Concert band
Saxophone alto in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1409240
for: Concert band
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1409238
for: Concert band
Bass clarinet in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1409236
for: Symphonic orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410109
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 363837
for: Flexible ensemble
Single parts 1, 2, 3 in B-flat (Clarinet)
Item no.: 212560
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Flute
Item no.: 565330
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: Concert band
Item no.: 1705363
for: Brass band
Item no.: 1704430
for: Flexible ensemble
Single part Alto saxophone
Item no.: 164612
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 981833
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
for: Children's choir, instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644567
for: Narrator, 4 recorders (SATB), Percussion
Single part Recorder 3/4
Item no.: 347424
Single part Electronium
Item no.: 178695
Operette für Kinderchor, Fl, 2 Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Synthesizer, Keyboard
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Trumpet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231308
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 243823
for: Accordion orchestra
Single parts 1, 2 (Accordion)
Item no.: 218604
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Electronium 1
Item no.: 217202
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 218609
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764450
for: Children's choir, instruments
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644565
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Flute 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670371
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670363
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670359
Kindermusical über 2. Mose 1–15
for: Children's choir (one voice), piano [keyboard], trombone, violin, bass; guitar, percussion ad lib.
Guitar and bass (single part)
Item no.: 367517
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 497363
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra)
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 347425
mit Solisten aus dem Chor und kleinem Instrumentalensemble
Große Fassung
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670362
Single part Electronium
Item no.: 168521
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano; flute ad lib.
Single part Flute
Item no.: 1654492
F-Dur
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), piano [keyboard], rhythm group
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 231482