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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.
Ein Musical für die ganze Familie
Audio-CD
Item no.: 190473
Ein Musical für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene. Klavieralbum
for: Piano
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Songbook for easy piano
for: Piano
Songbook
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PVG Composer Collection
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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from "Saturday Night Fever"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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20 Lieder für 1-4 stimmigen Kinderchor
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Score
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Märchenmusical
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
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Five Finger Piano Songbook
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
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30 Songs from Stage and Film
Duets
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Songbook
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Die ganze bunte, spannende Vielfalt der Zirkuswelt präsentiert sich mit Musik und Aktion in der Arena.
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Score
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(From Frozen II)
Music From The Movies
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
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Discovery Level 2
CD
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Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Bb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Eb
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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Bb
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
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Db
for: Clarinet, piano
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Eb
for: Piano
Easy Piano
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F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1048874
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
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C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
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for: Marching band
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Choir
CD
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Einzelstimme
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pour chœur d'enfants à voix égales (ou soprano) récitant et solistes
for: Narrator, soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Set of parts
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from West Side Story
for: Flute, piano
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for: Jazz ensemble
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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Faber Brass Band Series
for: Brass band
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As Performed by Vanessa Williams
From the Walt Disney Pictures' Pocahontas
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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from The Sound of Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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for: Flexible wind band
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Pop Specials for Strings
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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SH
Jerome Kern, Roberta
Music score
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Ein vikotrianisches Melodramop. 79
for: Sprecher, Jugendchor (Kinderchor) und Klavier (Instrumente ad libitum)
Piano reduction
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