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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.
Fugitive Songs
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1528147
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1365476
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360215
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525544
for: Concert band
Clarinet 1 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1409226
for: Symphonic orchestra
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410147
for: Symphonic orchestra
Horn 2 in F (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410137
for: Symphonic orchestra
Tuba (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410119
Fugitive Songs
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1528169
The Story of My Life
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525234
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1358781
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1363896
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1359990
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359881
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359855
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359843
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359660
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359648
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359639
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1362655
Knoxville
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1662196
The Story of My Life
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1525156
Fugitive Songs
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1528160
Fugitive Songs
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1528149
Fugitive Songs
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1528146
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1364349
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359908
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359864
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1359783
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359717
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359674
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1359636
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1364803
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1358786
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360928
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1360672
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360607
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375727
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1360379
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1360217
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 1410134
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410123
for: Symphonic orchestra
Trumpet 3 in B-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410120
From Russia With Love
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1366078
for: Symphonic orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1410109
Fugitive Songs
for: Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1528145
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1529008
for: Concert band
Saxophone alto in E-flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1409240