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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.
Hal Leonard Flex-Band Series
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 746132
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 814631
Easy Piano Songbook
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 497121
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 675461
The Best Of (Carisch)
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 366570
Recorder From The Beginning
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 174713
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Double bass [bass guitar]
Item no.: 1669273
Sing with the Choir Volume 14
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 582862
Szenische Projekte und Ideen für die Klassen 1 bis 6
Musik in der Grundschule spezial
for: Voice
Journal, CD
Item no.: 314495
Vocal Collection
for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 560066
Solo Arrangements of 11 Favorite Songs with CD Accompaniment from the third installment of Disney's hit High School Musical, starring Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 552169
Easy Piano Vocal Selections
for: Vocal and Easy Piano
Buch
Item no.: 319106
Highlights from the legendary Broadway musical
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365250
Pop Specials for Strings
for: String orchestra, piano, drums
Score, Parts
Item no.: 180177
Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 808928
Pop Specials for Strings
for: String orchestra; percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673943
Musiktheater mit Kindern und Jugendlichen
for: Voice [choir]
Book
Item no.: 606251
Schülerheft (Chorpartitur)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Students book
Item no.: 1659701
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186739
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186719
Well-known Tunes specially arranged by leading educationalists
Grades 1-2
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 658877
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 769841
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584282
Festival Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 370582
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319264
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 399907
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563183
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562065
Vocal Score
for: Voice
Piano reduction
Item no.: 399597
Vocal Selections
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 399589
for: Voice
Songbook
Item no.: 399559
Vocal Selections
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 399548
Organ Adventure
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 399080
Vocal Selections
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 368000
Vocal Collection
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 365518
Easy Piano CD Play-Along Volume 3
for: Voice; piano ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 361447
The Greatest Songs Of Rodgers And Hart
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 363301
for: Trumpet [cornet] (B-flat), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671273
Highlights
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671208
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671194
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671177
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671171
Pro Vocal Mixed Edition Volume 2
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch + CD
Item no.: 809656
Instrumental Parts
Set of parts
Item no.: 900484
for: Keyboard
Item no.: 336970
Ein Akt Oper
Band 1 (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 463515
Songbook
Item no.: 241233
PVG Composer Collection
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 1019427
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