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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, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1659702
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 378142
Ballad from the Broadway musical "Les Misérables"
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616763
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), piano
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 475688
for: Alto Saxophone
Buch
Item no.: 331778
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319289
for: Combo
Set of parts
Item no.: 319273
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 311610
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1533621
Andrew Lloyd Webber's timeless hit from "Cats"
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 586734
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641638
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 642956
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1161403
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816705
Music Makes The World Go Round
for: Gitarre / Keyboard / Akkordeon / E-Orgel
Item no.: 159992
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 195059
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1023539
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184077
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 941166
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180835
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181675
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 657792
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 471609
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 365853
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 302411
for: SOLI KCH ORCH
Score
Item no.: 314456
for: Flexible ensemble (school orchestra); narrator ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 307606
for: Strings, percussion, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 646756
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681202
for: Choir, concert band; strings ad lib
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681215
Easy Piano Vocal Selections
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674231
From the famous musical "Les Miserables"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674216
14 well-known melodies for Cello solo
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Cello
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 673637
from "Cats"
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672838
for: Viola
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691375
for: Flexible big band (6 wind instruments, rhythm-group); more winds ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 655671
from the Disney movie "Frozen"
Hal Leonard Easy Jazz Ensemble
for: Big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 649735
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 696903
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score
Item no.: 659743
for: Voice
Score
Item no.: 607771
for: KCH INST
Score
Item no.: 616059
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 610147
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 579006
for: SOLI JCH ORCH
Score
Item no.: 483962
for: Soloists, children's choir (1–2 parts), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, piano, bass, drums
Score
Item no.: 627237
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 620230
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 373226
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