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.
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355327
Cruda Amarilli
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354266
aus dem "Fitzwilliam Virginal Book"
for: Treble recorder, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354799
for school orchestra
for: school orchestra
Score
Item no.: 354725
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 351874
Madrigal
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280347
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280840
Sonata quinta in C & Sonata sesta in G
für eine Oberstimme (Violine, Sopranblockflöte) und Klavier
for: Violin [descant recorder/oboe], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 282514
for: Voice (soprano), basso continuo
Item no.: 281992
deutsche Gesänge
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE LAUTE LAUTE SOLO
Item no.: 392986
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE LAUTE LAUTE SOLO
Item no.: 392979
aus "Terpsichore" (1612)
Das Gitarren-Ensemble
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 401625
for: 4 Guitars
Buch
Item no.: 401622
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 394038
Musica Speciosa
for: 2 VL S-VDG BASS-VDG (FAG) BC
Ensemble score
Item no.: 190423
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 178339
Early Music Library 191
for: 3 voices [melodic instruments]
Score
Item no.: 159292
Handschriftliche Tabulaturensammlung um 1600
Gesamtausgabe
for: Lute [guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 159085
per sonar a quattro
for: beliebige Instrumente (SATB); Basso continuo ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 157683
Musik Fuer Blechblaeser 8
for: 2 TRP HRN POS (TUBA)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 152843
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113000
Spanische Musik der Renaissance für Vihuela
für Gitarre übertragen
for: Vihuela [guitar]
Music score (with tabs – anthology)
Item no.: 112170
for: 3 recorders (SAB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419827
aus magnum opus musicum
for: 2 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 419762
a quattro Nos. VI e VII
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 420804
Motette für Blasorchester aus "Die Psalmen Davids" (SWV 386)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 182673
aus der Marien-Vesper
Möseler Chorreihe
for: GCH (3-4) BC
Choir score
Item no.: 179322
Musik Der Renaissance
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 443250
Early Music Library 199
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 427709
Italian Instrumental Music Of The Renaissance 16
for: 3 melodic instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482230
Psalm 122
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: Gemischte Chöre (4)
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115097
Evangelienspruch zum Osterfest
aus "Evangeliensprüche" (1623)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114925
Leonhard Lechner. Werke 8
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115719
Leonhard Lechner. Werke 7, Hardcover
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115718
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 114629
Könnyű reneszánsz muzsika
for: Classical guitar
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 585310
Liedkantate. 4 Sätze für verschiedene Besetzungen aus "Musae Sioniae"
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196026
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor, Bläser und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 recorders, organ
Score
Item no.: 426136
Collection d'études musicologiques/ Sammlung musikwissenschaftlicher Arbeiten 66
Book
Item no.: 122448
for: 10 TRP STR
Score, Parts
Item no.: 202967
Biblische Historie
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: SOLI 5 INST (SATTB) (+ GCH) BC
Study score
Item no.: 392170
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 432130
Harmonielehre
for: Musikerziehung
Buch
Item no.: 365639
Bibliothek Alter Musik 99
for: 4 voices [instruments]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 364452
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 346207
Score
Item no.: 549867
The English Madrigalists 7
for: Mixed choir (3–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372980
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