"If you have to ask what jazz is... you’ll never know." Louis Armstrong
Jazz, born in New Orleans around 1910, was formed through marching bands moving indoors, and mixing with ragtime, blues and other musical styles. No matter your taste, browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at our Jazz Sheet Music Downloads, and explore the wide world of Jazz with Stretta Music today!
Although jazz began very locally, and gradually spread more nationally, it wasn’t until the 1930s that it became more international, becoming popular through the new dance form Swing. Due to the economic crisis, many solo artists began to form big bands, like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Duke Ellington. Soon Gypsy Jazz also sprung up, which, since it mainly used string instruments, was also called String Jazz, an excellent example being the French guitarist Django Rheinhardt. In the 1940s, through such jazz musicians as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis & Dizzy Gillespie, Bebop evolved, which is the basis for modern jazz. In Bebop, the tempo quickened, the harmonies became more complex, and there was more rhythmic freedom.
Although a lot of jazz throughout the ages was lead by instrumentalists, there were also many famous jazz singers, like Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett and Jamie Cullum.
A few important jazz artists of the modern era include John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson and Wynton Marsalis.
Gospelsong (Advent)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744580
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 725462
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 760253
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 754531
Porgy And Bess
for: Lead Sheet
Item no.: 1526860
for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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for: Lead Sheet
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(from Sports et Divertissements)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726932
from the opera "The Magic Flute"
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
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Item no.: 759162
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 740261
Blues
for: Cello, piano
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Item no.: 724980
for: Piano
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Item no.: 752980
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738887
for: Voice, piano
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Item no.: 727036
Gospelsong (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 735629
for: Piano
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Item no.: 744458
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756635
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737195
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756617
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 741419
Spiritual nach Ex 15, 19-20 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743336
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727051
4. Feiertag in Dixieland "Heut ist ein Fest"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747062
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 756637
(from The Seasons, Op. 37a, No. 3)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756529
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 727046