What sort of music is Les Misérables and what instrument would it be using?

The full title of the musical/play is Les Miserables, a musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel of the same title. The music was composed by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, and the lyrics were written by Herbert Kretzmer. The music would be performed by an orchestra and would include all sorts of instruments, including violins, drums, flutes, clarinets, various horns, piano, and others. You can read about the creation of the music and songs at the official web site, linked in the sources section below.

The genre of the play is a relatively new one, called musical theater. Before the creation of such musicals, opera provided the only dramatic musical performances. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such composers as Victor Herbert and the team of Gilbert and Sullivan introduced an alternative musical form: the operetta, sung in English. Out of this grew what we know today as musical theater, or the Broadway musical.

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