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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: 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
from Walt Disney's "Hercules"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672821
Joy Of
for: Piano and Guitar
Buch
Item no.: 417692
The Phillip Keveren Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 392133
Einschulungsstück mit drei Liedern
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 768029
Little Big Band Series
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745820
for: Children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1160522
Favourites songs from the world's top shows and films. Included 'Send In The Clowns', 'Aquarius', 'All I Ask Of You' and 'Heaven Help My Heart'.
Showstoppers
Music score
Item no.: 134104
Vocal Selections
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 486816
ALB
Twenty sensational songs from the hottest tickets in town. All the showstoppers from Cats, Les Mis? rables, Evita, Chess, and seven more of the West End hit musicals.
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 415387
Das Kindermusical
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 341032
16 enjoyable Pieces for Grade 3 Pianists
From traditional Tunes and classical Pieces to Songs from the Musicals and Pop Hits
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 665124
Ein Kinder-Musical
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Sprecher, Klavier (Orgel), 2 Melodie-Instrumente in C oder in B und Schlagzeug
Einzelstimme Gitarre/Bass
Item no.: 760332
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894821
from the musical "The Wizard of Oz"
Alfred Pop Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar) [women's choir (SSA)/ Male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 694382
Ein geisterhaftes Musical für 8- bis 11-Jährige für Darsteller, Soli, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 631840
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 626851
12 Songs in Full, Authentic Editions, Plus 16-Bar Audition Versions
for: Female Voice
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 817858
Cine Magic
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594426
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Viola
Item no.: 433106
Ein Märchenspiel (2009) nach der Geschichte "Der selbstsüchtige Riese" von Oscar Wilde
Kindermusical
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 609517
Musical nach Szenen aus dem Leben des Franz von Assisi
CD
Item no.: 491976
Das wuwutastische Songbook zum Kindermusical
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), online audio
Item no.: 682311
Eine Geschichte
for: Sopran-Blockflöte(n)
Teacher's book
Item no.: 759584
Ein Kinder-Musical
for: Kinderchor (SMezA) mit Sprecher, Klavier (Orgel), 2 Melodie-Instrumente in C oder in B und Schlagzeug
Einzelstimme Percussion/Effekte
Item no.: 752051
Schulmusical für 6- bis 12-Jährige
Gesamtausgabe (+CD)
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377377
Eleven Broadway Songs
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 171471
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