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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.
Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 468517
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 462415
Vocal Score
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 565489
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Item no.: 559968
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 278644
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681205
Hal Leonard Full Orchestra
Medley
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 132560
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 202337
Express Musical for Young Voices
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 811453
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 815987
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 816506
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 345574
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482034
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681590
Vocal Score
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 803881
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681200
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 173452
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657683
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681206
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 606073
Music for full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 303514
Medley
Hal Leonard Concert Band Series
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144977
Full Orchestra
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 551408
Opera in 3 acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 177022
for: Bass trombone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671352
from the Musical "The Music Man"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671168
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671196
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671187
Solo für Trompete oder Flügelhorn in B
for: Trumpet, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671278
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671197
from the musical "Jukebox"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671195
for: Trombone, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671329
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671182
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562065
for: Trumpet [cornet] (B-flat), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671273
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671194
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185861
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: 5-Part Flexible Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1180350
Songs from Grease
Movie and Musical
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667673
Songs from Grease
Movie and Musical
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667672
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185863
Selection
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1180787
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 595103
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587852
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 764592
Brass Band
for: Voice, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594473
from "Saturday Night Fever"
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1288646
from the Movie Roberta
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315597
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