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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101483
(I Call And Cry To Thee)
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 889493
Villancico
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1014245
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908014
2 Trumpets
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152714
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894492
Klassik
for: SATB SATBARB
Choir score
Item no.: 900219
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888985
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1194008
Canto a la espada toledana 2
Zarzuela
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324857
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1136666
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101049
Geistliche Musik
for: Alto Soprano SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 870739
Amor Lamento Della Ninfa
for: 4-Part Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 992585
from: Il primo libro di Capricci, Rom 1624
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 6448
4-6st gemischter Chor
Item no.: 1616213
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Item no.: 214955
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 332208
Motet
No. 14 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696752
for: 4 melodic instruments
Item no.: 413873
für 2 Sopran-Instrumente (Violine, Blockflöte, Zink) und Basso continuo
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 7
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340386
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 277598
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Item no.: 413910
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Item no.: 147413
(SSATB), Partitur
Item no.: 119543
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, harpsichord
Ensemble score
Item no.: 215179
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419835
Heitere Fantasie
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Streichern
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 134762
for: 2 violins
Item no.: 314240
Motet
No. 15 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696751
Deo Gratias
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: 6 recorders (SSATTB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413886
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: BFL QUARTETT (SAAB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677009
Motet
No. 3 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), basso continuo; 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696755
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 459459
for: 4 melodic instruments
Item no.: 413892
for: Recorder
Item no.: 413954
Heitere Fantasie
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Streichern
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 212275
a canto solo
for: Recorder [violin/oboe/cornett], basso continuo
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1216
Motet
No. 29 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBBBB); 6 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696741
Doppelchörige Motette
for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones
Score
Item no.: 1616691
Quinto Ballo, aus "Primo libro delle musiche"
Ausgabe für Blechbläserquintett und Basso continuo
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), horn (F), 2 trombones, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3119
a tre voci
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 647241
Motet
No. 16 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696750
Zwei Instrumentalsätze über ein niederländisches Volkslied
für 3 und 4 Blockflöten
for: 3–4 recorders
Item no.: 413923
5-7st gemischter Chor
Item no.: 119545
Heitere Fantasie
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Streichern
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 212276
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