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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.
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049434
Pippin
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528438
Kinky Boots
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1528416
Arrow
for: Piano
Item no.: 1527815
The Flash
for: Piano
Item no.: 1527814
Little by Little
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1527518
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1360553
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1359953
for: Piano/Vocal/Chords
Item no.: 1361112
for: Piano
Item no.: 1364387
for: 5 brass winds; rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums) ad lib.
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 597303
pour Trombone (Bass clef)
for: Trombone
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 684013
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 761906
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 769841
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934375
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936894
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932045
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930425
Set of parts
Item no.: 900484
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Book
Item no.: 626851
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 566000
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar) [women's choir (SSA)/ Male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 694382
from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
Young Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 691580
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 946076
for: Flexible Quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113084
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 636311
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for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049993
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026581
Ein Kindermusical mit Ludwig van Beethoven
für Kinder und Jugendliche von 7-16 Jahren
for: Children's choir (2 voices), alto saxophone (E-flat), violin, cello, piano, bass, drumset
Piano reduction
Item no.: 690682
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Trumpet
Item no.: 479565
Schulmusical für 6- bis 12-Jährige
Gesamtausgabe (+CD)
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377377
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 607964
Lyric book
Item no.: 635925
for: Clarinet
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 171471
CD
Item no.: 136009
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 664367
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 468176
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 660823
Students book
Item no.: 141179
Musical nach Szenen aus dem Leben des Franz von Assisi
CD
Item no.: 491976
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106604
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 552655
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 641409
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 319110
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 966434
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319264
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