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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 (SABar), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Children's choir, piano
Score
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for: Soloists, choir, piano, instruments
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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Songbook
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Songbook
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for: Children's choir, narrator, keyboard
Score
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for: Soloists, children's choir (1-3 voices), 2 narrators, orchestra
Score
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for: 2 recorders (SA), piano
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for: String orchestra
Score
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for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score
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for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
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for: Children's choir, orchestra
Score
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for: Brass band
Score
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585069
for: Vocal Selections
Buch
Item no.: 444499
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Libretto, Voice, Lyrics only
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Nine songs from the world-famous film and stage musical for horn
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play Along
for: Horn
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 153790
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: MFE, Partitur, Regiebuch, CD-Rom
Score, CD
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for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 489067
for: Voice (tenor)
Buch
Item no.: 479870
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 813817
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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40 Songs for Solo Clarinet
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 678575
40 of his greatest Hits for Alto Saxophone solo
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 678480
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 295996
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 333702
for: Voice, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 347119
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 343858
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score
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Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Cello
Music score, online playback
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