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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: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Organ
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for: Piano
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for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1373495
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1366338
Kiss Me Kate
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1366010
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365991
for: Cornet (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
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for: Cello, piano
Sheet music
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for: Piccolo, piano
Sheet music
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for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
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for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
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for: 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Sheet music
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for: Soprano saxophone, piano
Sheet music
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for: 5 trumpets
Sheet music
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for: Alto trombone, piano
Sheet music
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for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291301
for: Viola, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1291297
from "Saturday Night Fever"
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1287580
The Burnt Part Boys
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528214
The Flash
for: Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Item no.: 1527825
Pippin
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528431
Kinky Boots
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528420
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562383
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562382
for: Choral Pax
Oboe
Item no.: 1425938
Kindermusical zur Passion
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 492897
Eine Musicaloper in zwei Akten
for: SOLI JCH INST (KLAV)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 475484
Ein spannendes Grusical
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 335584
Musical
Piano reduction
Item no.: 331701
für Soli, Sprecher, Kinderchor und Instrumente Klavierauszug (für Fassung 1 und 2)
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 473676
Musical für junge Leute
Piano reduction
Item no.: 376466
Komisches Singspiel in Versen für Kinder
Partitur
for: 6 soloists, 6 narrators, women's choir (SSA), piano (2 hands/4 hands)
Score
Item no.: 423786
Organ Solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 562372
Easy Piano Selections
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 319697
Pro Vocal Mixed Edition Volume 12
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 626714
Eine musikalische Begegnung mit Europa für Kinder ab 6 Jahren
Liederbuch + Begleit-CD
for: Children's choir
Songbook, CD
Item no.: 182510
Music score
Item no.: 174815
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: ENSEMBLE
Conductors part (Piano)
Item no.: 206810
for: 2 Blockflöten (TB)
Item no.: 159425
for: 4 saxophones (SAAT/ AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023101
Gigi
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1526165