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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.
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 810409
(From Frozen II)
Music From The Movies
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 697385
Vocal Selections
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 664389
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 813173
Music Express Choral
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 815615
For Saxophone Choir
for: Saxophone ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 481705
Essential Elements String Artist
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 810979
Pop Specials for Strings
for: String orchestra, piano, drums
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616731
Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along
for: Violin
Music score, CD
Item no.: 552356
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685332
from Cats
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 765910
from Cats
Classic Broadway Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 763139
String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808252
Accordion
for: Accordion orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 603147
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 207829
The best of all possible worlds
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198633
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027319
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026498
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026453
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026444
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026415
D
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026399
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026398
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025620
Dm
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026240
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026182
Ab
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026172
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1026132
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025965
Bb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025943
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025933
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025930
C
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025911
G
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027751
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027750
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027714
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027695
Eb
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027665
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 586694
Disney-Songbook für vierstimmiges Vokalensemble oder Chor
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Songbook
Item no.: 681796
Piano Solo Songbook
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 319099
Medley for SAB choir and piano
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 273887
F
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027485
B
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029153
for two voices and piano
from "Carousel"
for: 2 voices, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 564213
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 580431
C
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1025361
Baritone/Bass Accompaniment CDs
for: Voice (bass/baritone)
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 468583
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