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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: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 399566
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Cello
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 696892
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 694398
for: Trumpet (B-flat); piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 694303
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 693547
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 692000
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691398
for: Trombone
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691377
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800856
for: Piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 813230
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 813074
from Coco
Discovery Concert Band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 746170
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 746108
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 810785
for: Trombone
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 621219
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 557207
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 458490
for: Trumpet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 684909
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 810743
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664980
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658219
The moving ballad from Disney's landmark animation classic "The Lion King"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674200
From the animated Walt Disney film "Aladdin"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673420
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802481
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801731
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 799928
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 811691
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815974
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815797
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score
Item no.: 815758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815694
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 815623
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 806438
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 812207
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1534575
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534539
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811241
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811018
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533213
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814295
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814282
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814116
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806910
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809921
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809831
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Voice (tenor)
CD
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for: Marching band
Score
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