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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: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 810593
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Voice (high)
Buch
Item no.: 806453
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Trumpet, concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch + CD
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 693515
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690738
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 552776
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 277932
12 Broadway Favorites By Andrew Lloyd Webber
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 483714
for: Mezzo-Soprano Voice
Buch
Item no.: 478800
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 478147
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 190682
From the Broadway sensation "Rent"
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673728
From the Walt Disney movie
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672890
An entertaining medley of the most popular hits from the TV–series
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672886
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801563
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798305
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 801184
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800775
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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(from Frozen II)
Piano/Vocal/Guitar Sheet Music
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 768004
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Eight world-famous melodies for violin solo
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
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for: Ukulele
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534595
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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