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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: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265997
Selections from the Musical
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208798
Selections from the Musical
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208764
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 167493
Oxford Handbooks
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 768965
from the NBC TV Film Project 20
Belwin Classic Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690014
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 338057
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588581
for orchestra
score and parts
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596808
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588627
Oxford Handbooks
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 769111
Amstel Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1015823
A Symphonic Portait
Movie and Musical
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014643
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588579
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589448
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596795
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588638
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596892
includes 24 student books plus Conductor
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333373
Symphony Pops
for: Orchestra with Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 807729
Symphony Pops
for: Orchestra with Voice
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806657
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 612021
Symphony Pops
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 799283
Ein Akt Oper
Band 1 (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 463515
Boosey and Hawkes Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 491883
John Williams Sign. Orch
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 809028