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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.
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815477
(from Newsies)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 802114
from A Little Night Music
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815514
Symphony Pops
for: Orchestra with Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 807729
Symphony Pops
for: Orchestra with Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806657
Vocal Solo With Jazz Ensemble Series
for: Voice, jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 373583
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orch.
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 813131
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810086
Concert Band / Fanfare Band
De Haske Flexible Series
for: Flexible wind ensemble (5 parts); keyboard, drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 695140
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1298182
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 442739
Easy Contemporary MB
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812580
Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 367399
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 808270
Young Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 808243
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1052713
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1052226
Kindermusical für Sprecher, 1stg. Chor und Instrumente
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 261691
Ein Singspiel zu 1. Samuel 17,1-54
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Children's choir, the parish, narrator, melody instrument, piano, guitar, percussion
Score
Item no.: 294092
Easy Piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 809397
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530768
for: Children's choir, piano
Songbook
Item no.: 208579
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049457
Ein Singspiel über Apostelgeschichte 8,26-39
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231444
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1046215
for: Choral Pax
Double Bass
Item no.: 1425935
for: Choral Pax
Violin 1
Item no.: 1425927
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562309
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1024247
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1383901
for: Choral Pax
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383638
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1381535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 621271
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 621213
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930601
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180911
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181424
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180461
for: 5-Part Flexible Band
Score
Item no.: 1183197
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1179308
for: Voice, fanfare band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 669449
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667673
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373952
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374933
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365591
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365584
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1365362
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