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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/keyboard]
Songbook
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 188486
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 278587
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Flöte, Viola und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1317578
for Trombone
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 673794
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 parts); percussion ad lib.
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 136265
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 445846
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 158731
Easy Piano Play-Along
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1664253
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 585662
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook, CD
Item no.: 428946
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook, CD
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for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 338957
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 319484
for: Piano
Item no.: 492379
for: Narrator, descant recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 292223
for: Voice
Songbook
Item no.: 1696787
for: 2 voices, piano
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for: Narrator, soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Score
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for: Children's choir, the parish, narrator, melody instrument, piano, guitar, percussion
Score
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for: Flexible ensemble
Conductors part (Piano)
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for: Guitar [keyboard/electric organ/accordion]
Music score
Item no.: 139440
for: Flute [oboe]
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 167524
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online audio
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online playback
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for: Piano 4 hands
Buch + CD
Item no.: 493632
From the landmark Musical
Discovery Plus Concert Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674390
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 227431
for: Soloists, children's choir, narrator, keyboard; melodic instruments, rhythm instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 696996
for: ENSEMBLE
Conductors part (Piano)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 341393
for: Jazz-combo (4 flexible wind instruments, rhythm section)
Score, Parts
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805355
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Alto saxophone, concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 455527
Beginning Piano Solo Book
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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