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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 choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 658395
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 656666
40 musical classics for trombone solo
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 678596
for Solo Flute
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 678578
40 Classics for Viola
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 678542
Discovery Plus Band Series
A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672823
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 637799
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333375
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333373
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 326058
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 319332
for: Unison or 2-part Vocal
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 319231
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 272022
Audio-CD
Item no.: 314070
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 362010
for: Clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582308
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 340271
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 340113
for: Accordion
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 399976
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 399846
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 179594
for: Mixed choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1655312
for: Soloists, children's choir (1 voice), narrators, flute, clarinet (B-flat), violin, cello, piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 345179
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319233
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 482058
for: Voice
Buch + CD
Item no.: 556365
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 280192
for: Piano
Item no.: 433081
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score (2)
Item no.: 377817
Songbook
Item no.: 344180
for: Soloists, children's choir, actors, instruments
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1556313
for: Voice (tenor)
Buch + CD
Item no.: 332284
for: Voice (high), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 169125
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 136142
Kinder-Mini-Musical
Klavierausgabe
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 299403
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 813018
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 811268
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183806
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 214497
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 342920
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 173452
for: Guitar [keyboard/electric organ/accordion]
Item no.: 433214
for: Soloist, male choir (TTBB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482035
for: Piano 4 hands
Buch + CD
Item no.: 605353
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 802723
Book
Item no.: 150282
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 319111
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863094