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.
Motette für 2 gemischte Chöre
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 378739
Madrigal
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 379369
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 379368
für 3 Blechbläserchöre
for: Mixed ensemble (12 parts)
Study score
Item no.: 647490
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 549998
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 282594
Instrumentalsätze aus größeren Werken und Übertragungen von Chorwerken für Posaunenchöre
Bärenreiter Blasmusik
for: Brass ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117405
5 Kompositionen des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts zum Stephanstag, Altjahresabend und Epiphaniaszeit
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117122
aus "Cantiones sacrae" (1625)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115180
New Josquin Edition 9
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 769401
2 Dialoge für acht Stimmen in zwei Chören
Deutsch / Englisch
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 1655219
Renaissance Masters
for: SSAATB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 174097
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Item no.: 490222
Sonata terza in C & Sonata quarta in G
für eine Oberstimme (Violine, Sopranblockflöte) und Klavier
for: Violin [descant recorder/oboe], piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 282510
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340200
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321940
Mittelalterliche Gitarrenmusik für Fortgeschrittene und fleißige Anfänger, Schwierigkeitsstufe II-V
Ausgabe mit CD
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with TABs), Audio-CD
Item no.: 677708
Klassik
for: 4-Part Flexible Band
Score
Item no.: 1183324
Solo For Various Instruments and Band
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180693
Girolamo Frescobaldi. Orgel- und Klavierwerke 1
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115302
Choral Music For Winds
for: Choral Music For Winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1178869
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929530
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946837
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799202
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812569
(Enatus est Emmanuel) Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811322
Treasury Choral
for: 4-Part
Choir score
Item no.: 805619
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 802740
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 815465
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920484
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 557942
Motette
Das Musikblatt
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 388126
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098526
Novello Tudor Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898760
Novello Tudor Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646673
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 901082
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419365
Music for Brass (Robert King)
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819963
coll. Guitare No.62
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 238713
Just Brass 51
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 315354
Now when the day
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315066
Just Brass 10
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279938
Flexible 4 Series
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 893135
Motets from Printed Anthologies and Manuscripts, 1555-1569
for: 4–6 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160544
Oxford Tudor Church Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894119
Our Lord is risen again today
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892053
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