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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: Flute
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 691401
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices); drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 768037
for: Instrumental Pack
Set of parts
Item no.: 802612
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 802603
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801735
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801344
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805276
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 804251
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 804038
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808332
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808174
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808079
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 803279
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803242
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 805706
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 802141
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801810
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 349329
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345574
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch + CD
Item no.: 344868
for: Voice, big band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 333845
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 176337
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 176295
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 332647
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319325
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319323
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 319278
From Walt Disney Pictures' "Beauty and the Beast"
Discovery Band – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 313243
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641751
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 641047
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 688882
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687592
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670683
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 669463
for Piano four hands
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 669240
for viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 665451
for alto saxophone solo
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 665436
Easy Piano Vocal Selections
for: Piano
Songbook
Item no.: 664801
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 684308
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681470
(from Aladdin)
Discovery Concert Band
for: Youth concert band
Score
Item no.: 744885
(from Aladdin)
Discovery Concert Band
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697367
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Trumpet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 696901
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Trombone
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 696899
Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Instrumental Play-Along
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 696898
Nine Songs from the Blockbuster Hit Movie Musical
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Violin
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 678632
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