The Renaissance saw the musical shackles of the Medieval Period being broken, and both secular and sacred music became livelier and more expressive, and through the developments of printed music, more widely available. Browse our sheet music and scores, and pick up a mass or a madrigal today!
The driving force of the Renaissance was humanism (from the Latin “hummanus” or human), the dogmas of the church were overturned by science, and art was inspired by antiquity and a new, harmonious worldview. Vocal polyphony was very much at the forefront of Renaissance music, and a desire for perfect form, and rational, logical sophistication emerged. In church music, the cyclic form of the Mass, Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei was still widely deployed, and musical settings of Motets, Litanies, Psalms and Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis broadened the congregation’s musical experience. Secular vocal music also developed through the madrigals, and polyphonic and unison songs.
In contrast to the Medieval Period, the Renaissance began with a new design principle, imitation. A short, lively theme moves from voice to voice, and the composer creates a counter-melody to compliment it. Elements from the Medieval however were still present, and the “cantus firmus” or fixed chant was often a device of choice in the Renaissance. The cantus firmus takes a theme from Gregorian Chant or Folk Music, but the composer uses augmentation, elongates the note values, and uses the cantus firmus as the harmonic basis for this polyphonic work. From here, the canon soon evolved, which was the clear precursor to the baroque fugue.
The Renaissance marked a big step in the development of instrumental music, and a significant move towards independence for solo instruments, and chamber groups. Traditionally instruments were used as accompaniment for choir or solo singing or for dance music, but through the Renaissance Period, pure instrumental solo or ensemble music became more and more popular. In particular, Renaissance Organ Music experienced a great boom due to the technical development of the instrument, and it was during the 16th century that more vocal instrumental music started emerging, and the first works featuring basso continuo were written.
English Instrumental Music 23
for: 6 INST (Viola da gamba)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 471892
for: 3 violas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487618
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 195746
aus "Canzoni per Sonare" 1608
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 556395
for: 2 Trompeten, 2 Posaunen, [Pauken]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 580548
for: Guitar
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1565401
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 553847
for: 3 trumpets, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781235
The Making and Remaking of a Musical Manuscript
Ars Nova, Nuova serie 2
Music score
Item no.: 777804
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 8
2 Audio-CDs
Item no.: 620244
Time for Brass
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1560734
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 1559985
Ausgewählte Stücke
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 172123
Sechs Tänze
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690364
for: 6 BFL (AATTBB)
Item no.: 577715
Werke von Komponisten aus dem 16./17./18. Jahrhundert
for: Trumpet (B-flat/C), piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1557070
Dolci affetti (1582) e Le gioie (1589)
Music score
Item no.: 780640
(Complete edition)
Item no.: 610665
Öl auf Leinwand um 1630
Postcard
Item no.: 227147
Opus 6. 20 lateinische geistliche Konzerte für drei bis sechs Singstimmen, obligate Instrumente und Generalbass. Werke in Einzelausgaben erhältlich CV 20.257-20.276 (Gesamtausgabe)
for: GES (1-3) INST BC
Partitur, Leineneinband
Item no.: 232182
aus: Selva morale e spirituale
for: Gemischter Chor (SSATTB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236097
Heft 1
for: Mallets
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418468
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 200677
A Due Cori 21
for: 8 INST (SATB ATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371265
Teil II
Consortium
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 134273
Feierlicher Choral
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 137673
Musik Fuer Blechblaeser 6
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 151355
für drei Instrumente (SAT)
Italienische Instrumentalmusik der Renaissance
for: 3 melodic instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 184483
per sonare et cantare
Frutti Musicali 10
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 577802
for: Trompeten (2), Posaunen (2)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 303911
for: Male choir
Item no.: 477752
Ich waiss mir ein Meidlein huebsch und fein
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037813
Venetian Ensemble Music No. 5
for: Flexible wind ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657653
für 2 Viole da gamba (Violine und Viola/Viola und Violoncello)
Music score
Item no.: 674985
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1017007
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 413507
8 Stuecke Aus Der Vihuela Tabulatur
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 125226
9 Fantasien für Vihuela
aus "El Parnasso" 1576
for: Vihuela [guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 414050
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 413834
for: 4–5 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413774
für 3 Violinen, Fagott und Bc
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418642
for: Guitar
Item no.: 226457
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024930
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822472
2 Trumpets
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160052
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038978
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1590898
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