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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.
F
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638714
Em
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638668
Suite No. 1 for Symphonic Band Christmas Concert Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1634840
C
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638633
Suite No. 1 for Symphonic Band Christmas Concert Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1634839
C
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638909
D
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638615
from Disenchanted
for: 2-Part Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1633915
A
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638888
F
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638796
Music from the 2023 Motion Picture Soundtrack
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 1633889
from Disenchanted
for: SAB
Choir score
Item no.: 1633916
Dm
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638787
A
for: Guitar
Classical Guitar Score
Item no.: 1638554
G
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638537
Pop Choral Series
for: SAB
Choir score
Item no.: 1633929
from Disenchanted
for: SSA
Choir score
Item no.: 1633918
C
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638716
for: Viola, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1638662
Pop Choral Series
for: SSA
Choir score
Item no.: 1633928
from Disenchanted
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1633920
Am
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1638688
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1633236
King's Singers Choral
for: SATB divisi
Choir score
Item no.: 1633192
for: pending
Sheet music
Item no.: 1638316
Knoxville
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1638402
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613020
C
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612377
for: Double Bass, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612211
for: Clarinet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612778
Am
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612668
C
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612412
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1612999
Bb
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613024
G
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612667
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1612996
G
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612348
for: Flute, Keyboard
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612075
F
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612226
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612725
for: Piano
Piano Duet
Item no.: 1612634
F
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612665
A
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612415
E
for: Voice, guitar
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612670
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1612324
for: Flute, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1613028
Bb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1613000
G
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1612413