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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: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798970
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 799576
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 799283
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat) (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691869
for: Flexible brass ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691859
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 136110
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 817912
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 816222
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 816189
Piano reduction
Item no.: 401892
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 474337
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Stimme
Item no.: 225181
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 641047
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 319229
Lyric book
Item no.: 385931
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 632902
Der Welterfolg aus dem gleichnamigen Musical
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 551444
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320603
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 469989
for: Flute, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 469935
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook, CD
Item no.: 349131
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188317
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Piano, CD or Instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 162757
for: Voice, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 1672794
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319325
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 156520
Easy Guitar
Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
for: Guitar; voice ad lib.
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 626614
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 400661
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 319115
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Book
Item no.: 321564
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 605685
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 399805
for: Flute
Item no.: 428848
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 814202
for: Flexible ensemble
Piano score (conductor)
Item no.: 431555
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1532660
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 804038
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 275575
12 Broadway Favorites By Andrew Lloyd Webber
for: Flute
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 483712
15 Broadway-Songs for Cello
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Cello
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 614182
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/C low); rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 428409
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319323
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 767762
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 562949
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803242
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 602700
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 678493
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