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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: Children's choir, piano, instruments
Score
Item no.: 374623
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
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for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score
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for: KCH SPR INST
Score
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for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Score
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Score
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for: 11 Soloists, narrators, children's choir (1-3 voices), school orchestra ad lib.
Score
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score
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Score
Item no.: 369211
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score
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for: Recorder
Music score
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for: Klavierbegleitung
Buch
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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for: Guitar
Score
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for: Voice
Music score, online audio
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for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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for: Horn
Music score, online playback
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for: Concert band
Score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
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Highlights from the legendary Broadway musical
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365250
for: Baritone or Bass Voice
CD
Item no.: 475769
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Vocal and Easy Piano
Buch
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for: Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Buch + CD
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice
Buch
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar), online audio
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Songbook
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
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for: Piano and Guitar
Buch
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for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Music score (piano accompaniment)
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Score
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