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
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
Treasury Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801396
4 Recercadas from Trattado de glosas (Roma 1553)
for: Viole und Basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 206674
Musik für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113204
Hinshaw Secular
for: SATB, Keyboard, String Bass, Trumpet, Percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 900611
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058821
Hinshaw Concert
for: SATB, 3 ChoirS, a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057667
Die sechs- und siebenstimmigen Motetten, Nr. 13-29
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Gemischter Chor, Basso continuo ad libitum
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 617770
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308230
for: Bass clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580280
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580270
for: Bass trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580263
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631141
for: Clarinet, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272229
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272228
Studienpartitur (6 Bände im Schuber)
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR A CAPPELLA WELTLICH ALBEN
Item no.: 1345282
über ein altes deutsches Lied "Mein junges Leben hat ein End"
for: 4 Blockflöten (SAAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355336
for: Oboe, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284124
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284121
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284113
for: 4 euphoniums
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278928
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278917
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272070
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272067
for: 4 trombones, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271979
for: 5 brass players, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 1265840
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265736
for: Brass quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1265735
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290984
for: Horn (F), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290980
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290971
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280091
for: Bassoon, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251584
4 Posaunen & Organ
for: 4 trombones, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 596949
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