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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: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 219931
for: Flexible ensemble
Part for trombone [cello/bassoon/baritone horn]
Item no.: 607831
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1144923
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 947507
for: String orchestra; percussion ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660084
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806469
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1020518
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805448
for: Mouth organ
Music score
Item no.: 1192656
Solos and Band Arrangements
correlated with Essential Elements Band Method
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Single part Flute
Item no.: 265648
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 812964
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 641870
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341571
for: Children's choir, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano [keyboard]
Single parts violin, cello; double bass ad lib.
Item no.: 372560
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 462661
Ein Passionsmusical
for: Soli (3), Sprechrollen (5), Kinderchor (1-2-stimmig), Flöten (2) (Violine), Klavier, Bassinstrument
Set of parts
Item no.: 1670850
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085976
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1082664
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1081358
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1085008
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1590975
Lyric book
Item no.: 296317
for: Frauenchor (4-8)
Choir score
Item no.: 479511
Music Makes The World Go Round
Single part Percussion, Kettledrums
Item no.: 159990
Kindermusical für Sprecher, Darsteller, Soli, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Solo-Instrumente (Klarinette in B, Violine, Kontrabass)
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
3 single parts
Item no.: 665909
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 581697
Mittelalterliches Liebeslied
for: Chor SMsATBarB, Sopran-Saxophon (Klarinette), Klavier
Item no.: 1586467
Eine „tierisch“-afrikanische Weihnachtsgeschichte mit Musik
for: Soli, div. Spr, 4stg Kinderchor, S-Sax + A-Sax (1 Spieler), Keyboard, Pfte, E-Bass, Congas/Perc (1 Spieler)
Choir score
Item no.: 658350
Mini-Musical Mediapack (10 Hefte und CD)
for: KCH ENSEMBLE
Item no.: 657359
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 223286
for: Piano
Item no.: 465827
Choral
CD
Item no.: 1126509
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 409912
for: BASS / NIEHUES W
Item no.: 219938
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1084872
for: Percussion
Item no.: 211796
Schlagzeugstimmen - Fassung 2 (kleine Fassung)
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 670054
Songbook
Item no.: 603182
Oettinger
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 243821
Pocket Songs
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 245766
Music makes the World go round
for: Guitar [keyboard/electric organ/accordion]
Single part Guitar/Keyboard/Organ/Accordion
Item no.: 299587
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 562362
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