“Music is not man’s invention, but his heritage from the blessed spirits... it can affect for good or ill the body as well as the mind.” - Tomás Luis de Victoria
The Renaissance Period is considered the golden age of Spanish Music. Browse our sheet music and scores, take a look at the Villancico, the Romance or the Tiento, and explore the wide world of Spanish Renaissance Music with Stretta Music today!
The Spanish Renaissance Motets and the Spanish Renaissance Masses were the most popular forms of sacred music in Spain during the Renaissance Period. Here are a few important Spanish Renaissance composers:
The most popular secular music of the Spanish Renaissance Period included the Villancico, the Romance and the Tiento. Many of these works have survived since they were part of the most important songbooks of the period, the Cancionero de Palacio, the Cancionero de Medinaceli, the Cancionero de la Colombina and the Cancionero de Upsala. Many of these secular works have remained anonymous to this day, although a few Secular Spanish Renaissance Composers are known:
The most commonly used instruments of the Spanish Renaissance Period were the lute, the Spanish Vihuela and the organ. Here are a few Spanish Renaissance Instrumental Composers:
Transcription by Camille Saint-Saëns
for: Piano [harp]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1646319
Guitar
Book
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1615846
for: 2 Gitarren (Vihuelas)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582409
Fantasien und Tientos aus Libro de Música para Vihuela, intitulado Orphénica lyra (1554)
Faksimiledruck mit Übertragung
for: Vihuela [guitar]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1209692
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1209675
Messe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1209662
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1209653
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1118539
Libro de musica de vihuela de mano 1535
Fantasien 1-13
for: Vihuela [guitar/piano]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1161111
Motette
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 1099098
for: Mixed choir (ATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160813
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1099059
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160776
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098092
per trio d'archi
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score
Item no.: 832526
for: 3 trombones, bass trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1032075
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859436
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1032085
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1032080
Polifonía española
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1032078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1032077
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892687
Motets from Mexican Archives no.4
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1026723
Motets from Mexican Archives no.3
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1026725
Motets from Mexican Archives no.2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1026726
Motets from Mexican Archives no.5
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1026720
for: 3 guitars
Set of parts
Item no.: 1584380
A Child Is Born
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024927
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1024965
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024930
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1024915
(Glory be to the Father)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1024912
Peccantem Me
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024911
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1024919
for: 4 trombones, bass trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024907
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1015611
El Niño Dios
Altspanisch – Villancico
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1014482
Villancico
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1014245
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1014094
for: 5 voices
Music score
Item no.: 777812
Secuencia
for: 6 voices
Music score
Item no.: 777240
Motette
for: 4 voices
Music score
Item no.: 777294
Book
Item no.: 766601
18 Werke
for: Mixed choir (4–12 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766592
5 Werke
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766598
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766600
18 Werke
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 766482
20 Motetten
for: Mixed choir (6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683351