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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: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681474
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681392
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681385
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 558446
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 612021
for: Voice, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 552395
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 474441
for: 4 saxophones (AATBar); rhythm goup (piano, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 465959
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 461816
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 460305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 458489
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 455975
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 455973
for: Youth concert band
Item no.: 443144
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 630298
for Brass Quintet
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655020
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812755
22 world-famous Broadwaysongs
Easy Instrumental Duets
for: 2 alto saxophones (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 678426
Seven arrangements from the animated film for Alto Saxophone
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 675717
22 Hit Songs Arranged in Standard Notation and Tab
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 675702
One of the best loved songs from the musical "The Sound of Music"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674452
Ten Songs from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 2017
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Trumpet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 669918
The entertaining show-stopper from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast"
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673672
for: Cello
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 671816
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616745
from the musical "Babes in Arms"
Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 615461
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 764266
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691400
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687934
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 697710
(from Aladdin)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 697635
(from Aladdin)
Discovery Concert Band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 697366
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 696902
Big Note Songbook Piano Book
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 695087
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 694307
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 746110
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 376199
for: Violin, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 274297
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 369497
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 364607
Popular melodies from the most successful musical of all time
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 361520
for: Voice, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 631467
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 399936
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 399761
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 398965
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 392579
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 181020
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210060
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