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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 The Sound of Music)
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1106548
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812296
Arranger's Publ Marching Band
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1004153
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049797
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049657
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048836
Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048524
Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1046543
for: Flute, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612075
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315047
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1527154
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1527149
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1527142
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1527140
The Glorious Ones
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529888
Seussical the Musical
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529592
Once on This Island
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529516
High Society
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526820
Can-can
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526723
Elegies: A Song Cycle
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526497
My Favorite Year
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529440
Camelot
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526152
Paint Your Wagon
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526122
My Fair Lady
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526072
A Man of No Importance
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526036
Seussical the Musical
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526035
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1646002
Db
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1642100
F
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638654
Dm
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638644
Eb
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638602
Ab
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553335
for: Voice, piano
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051428
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 669870
Textpassagen und Anleitung zur Benutzung der Bilder von Hans-Jürgen Hinnecke
Begleitband zum Singspiel mit CD-ROM
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Book, CD-ROM
Item no.: 658356
Jungbläsermusical für Erzähler, Darsteller, Jungbläser, Posaunenchor (Percussion ad lib)
Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 664264
2nd Edition
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 684336
Vocal Selections
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 486819
for: Panpipe
Music score (spiral binding), Playback CD
Item no.: 223637
Singstimmen (einstimmig) mit Akkordbezeichnungen, Klavierbegleitung, Sprechertexte, Regieanweisungen
Kinder-Mini-Musical
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Songbook
Item no.: 218139
Oper in 1 Aktop. 15
Textbuch/Libretto
Item no.: 215939
Kindermusical
für Kinderchor 1-3 Stimmen
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 170703
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Baritone saxophone
Item no.: 431326
Eine musikalische Begegnung mit Europa für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
12 farbige Abbildungen und 4 farbige Illustrationen
for: Children's choir
Songbook
Item no.: 182507
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, 20 choir scores
Item no.: 591499
für flexibles Ensemble
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Horn
Item no.: 433138
Ein musikalisches Märchen für Erzähler, großes Orchester und Schlaginstrumente
for: Narrator, flexible ensemble (school orchestra)
Score with lyrics and stage direction
Item no.: 242142
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