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.: 883166
S.A.B. and Piano
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626078
for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973640
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860787
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038422
My Fairest, See
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950758
für Blechbläser zu 6 Stimmen
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones; tuba ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688100
Mass Ordinary
General Use
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Noten
Item no.: 643799
In C Satb/Org (Harm. By Js Bach)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 867751
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041858
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 732035
Trwrgesang von der Noth Christi am Oelberg in dem Garten
aus "Trvtz Nachtigal Oder Geistlichs Poetisch Lvst-Waldlein"
for: Voice (low), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 3007
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1114203
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 822750
The English Madrigalists 25
for: Mixed choir (3–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771896
for: SSATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151879
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859824
for: Women's choir (SSA) [mixed choir (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 850521
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850256
aus: Tutti i Madrigali di Cipriano di Rore a quattro voci, spartiti et accomodati per sonar d'ogni sorte d'Istrumento perfetto
Venedig 1577
eingerichtet für tiefes Blockflötenconsort
for: 4 recorders (ATTB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6194
(nach Habakuk 2,3)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725745
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760359
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/2 der GA
for: für Chor SSAATTBB (davon ATB auch solistisch) und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135033
aus Band VIII/1,2 Canti guerrieri et amorosi
for: für Chor SATB und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1135379
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 1. Flöte, 2. Flöte, 1. Zink (3. Zink), 2. Zink (3. Zink), 1. Posaune, 2. Posaune, 3. Posaune, Bass-Posaune (tief)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 882275
Heinrich Schütz. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 29
for: Gesang, Instrument
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 868915
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 879385
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870291
Vol. 10/II - Edizione critica a cura di Alessandro Borin-David Bryant (testi in italiano e inglese)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1316855
The Souls of the Righteous
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039343
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897613
Klassik
for: Lute
Book
Item no.: 1097838
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901703
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904565
for: Two-Part Mixed Voices, Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915333
Psalm 130
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: Cello, Kontrabass, Basso continuo
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 875104
Lesungsmusik zur Todesstunde Jesu
for: Gemischter Chor: SATTB
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 882771
Hail, Hail, True Body
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040024
am zweiten Advent
aus: Gemmulae Evangeliorum Musicae ...
Coburg, 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5844
aus: Etliche außerlesene kurtze gute geistliche und weltliche Liedlein
München, 1582
hohe Ausgabe (Original kl. Terz tiefer)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6032
for: Trumpet (C), trombone, piano [organ]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781257
Motet a 11
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae"
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles, organ
Score
Item no.: 1355082
for: Male choir (TBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850323
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160951
6. Oimè il bel viso, oimè ’l soave sguardo
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1629510
6. Intorno a due vermiglie e vaghe labra
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629394
15. Vivrò fra i miei tormenti e le mie cure - Prima parte
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629377
Edition Schott
for: 5 Blockflöten (SATTB/SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748805
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