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: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202432
"Come again"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203615
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 200612
for: Trumpet, organ
Item no.: 418708
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 418538
Die Musizierstunde~Blaesermusik In Kleinen Gruppen 70
for: 8 brass winds (octet)
Item no.: 339902
für 3 Violinen, Viola und Violoncello (andere Instrumente) Partitur und Stimmen
Score, Parts
Item no.: 417939
Consortium
for: 7 melodic instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 417924
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 417773
Per Cantare E Sonare
for: 10 GES (INST)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 334553
Das Chorwerk
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 353124
The third Music Book
Book 2
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 353697
für gem Chor a cappella (Instrumente ad lib)
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA GEISTLICH ALBEN
Item no.: 119409
Syntagma musicum, Teil 1
Documenta musicologica I/21 (Reprint) (Reprint)
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 118458
Neun Sätze (Sinfonien, Paduana, Suite, Danklied) zu 3-8 Stimmen
Bärenreiter-Blasmusik
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 117402
7 Lieder für Chor oder Solostimmen, teilweise mit Basso continuo aus "Studentenschmaus" und "Venuskränzlein" (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117125
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 190414
A Christmas motet for SSATB unaccompanied or with ensemble
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 345347
A Motet in 40 Parts
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 337785
For SSATTB Choir with two Violins and Continuo
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 331335
for: Guitar
Item no.: 226455
Music for Jon Laukvik’s Historical Performance Practice in Organ Playing: An Introduction based on selected organ works of the 16th–18th centuries.
for: Organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 423243
Tudor Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 432260
Tudor Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123442
aus: Symphoniae sacrae
for: SOLI (SST) 3 POS THEORBE BC
Score
Item no.: 565117
Venetian Instrumental Music 20
for: Flexible baroque ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 289240
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 224926
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309652
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309598
aus dem Israels-Brünnlein
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 409606
freie Umarbeitung von Schütz' Motette "O süßer Jesu Christ" SWV 427 zum solistischen Vokalkonzert
for: Singstimme (S/T), 2 Violinen, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 232160
aus: Des Königs und Propheten Davids 119. Psalm in 11 Stücken (Opus ultimum)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 organs; 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232144
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 232127
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232124
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232123
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232113
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232094
Geistliches Konzert
Geistliches Konzert
for: Gemischter Chor (Favoritchor SATB), Fagott, 2 Violinen, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 232072
Deutsches Nunc dimittis II
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232029
Deutsches Nunc dimittis II
Deutsches Nunc dimittis II 1656
for: Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 232027
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232021
Die Worte der Einsetzung des heiligen Abendmahls. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231988
Das Credo. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231985
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231953
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231931
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231930
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Gemischter Chor (Favoritchor SSTB), 2 Violinen, Kontrabass, Orgel, [Instr. colla parte SATB, 4 Instr]
Score
Item no.: 231904
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Frauenchor (SSA), 2 Violinen, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 231885
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