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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: Voice
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1050778
On Your Toes
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526859
The Boys From Syracuse
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526854
George White's Scandals
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526826
Garrick Gaieties
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526824
Babes In Arms
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526834
Anything Goes
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526803
Can-can
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526723
High Society
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526820
Working
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526644
Cover Girl
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526428
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526930
Anything Goes
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526808
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526918
for: Chor SSA [T], Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1337689
Mittelalterliches Liebeslied
for: Chor SMsATBarB, Sopran-Saxophon (Klarinette), Klavier
Item no.: 1586467
Alto saxophone
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582309
Tenor saxophone / clarinet
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582317
for: Clarinet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1582308
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051875
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051585
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1028633
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Violin [flute], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3491
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet], piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3492
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1050591
for: Voice
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052230
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052170
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051918
for: Clarinet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053237
for: Voice
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052410
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053006
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052510
for: Clarinet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051151
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052229
for: Voice
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1051514
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051344
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052989
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051303
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053178
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1050993
for: Clarinet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053000
C
for: Voice, guitar
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052206
for: Voice
Melody/Lyrics/Chords
Item no.: 1052526
for: Trumpet
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052332
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053003
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1052712
for: Flute
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1053257
from "Porgy and Bess"
for: Alto saxophone, piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3493