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.
Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi nach dem Evangelisten St. Johannes
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 114836
Miniatur eines unbekannten Malers; Öl auf Holz, nach 1900 entstanden
for: POSTER (2)
Poster
Item no.: 227053
Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Herrn und Heilandes Jesu Christi nach dem Evangelisten St. Johannes
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 348192
Duette für 2 Altblockflöten
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 487637
With Lute Tablature and treble and bass viol parts
English Lute Songs
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 174878
Opt. Flute and String Bass
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934620
Motette
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 936899
Motette
for: 3-Part Mixed Choir a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933148
Nous Voyons Que Les Hommes
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905104
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 906933
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 946964
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899193
for: 4 Blockflöten (SAAT)
Item no.: 1545744
Motets for Four to Eight Voices from Selectissimae cantiones (Nuremberg, 1568)
for: 4–8 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160555
Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum (Munich, 1582)
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160548
für Streicher und/oder Bläser
for: Flexible baroque ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 431868
DILETTO MUSICALE
for: vierstimmiges Ensemble und basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 637549
Alte Musik in mehrstimmigen Sätzen für Flöten, historische Bordun- und Blasinstrumente
Spiralbindung
for: Flexible ensemble
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 140839
für Altblockflöte (Sopranblockflöte) und Basso continuo
aus "The Delightful Companion"
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 420787
Brass total
for: 5 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419349
Sammelband mit 21 Orgelstücke
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 342666
Music Box
for: 3 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 224734
for: 3 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 331048
Complete Lute Songs III + IV (Supplement)
for: Voice, guitar
Music score
Item no.: 215949
Easy Flex 4
4 zuweisbare Stimmen
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667910
Klassik
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180384
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113226
Solo-Konzert
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183716
Vol. 15–20
9 CDs
Item no.: 1688045
Music for Brass (Robert King)
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 820253
from Conviviorum Delicia
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314481
from "Sacrae Symphonia" Venice 1597
Music for Brass (Robert King) 28
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 186150
GemCh
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123903
GemCh
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123902
Flanders Recorder Quartet presents / 9
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 479025
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Soprane solo (2), Alt solo (Alte solo (2)), Tenöre solo (3), Bässe solo (2), Gemischter Chor:SSATTB, Gemischte Chöre (2):SATTB, Zink (3), Violinen (3), Violen (3), Cello, Kontrabass, Flöten (2), Blockflöten (2), Posaunen (3), Bass-Posaune (tief), (Orgel, Basso continuo)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 614410
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366289
for: Violin [recorder], basso continuo
Item no.: 200508
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315821
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315817
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315788
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307073
Piano / Organ, Timpani optional
for: 8 brass winds (octet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308491
Piano / Organ, Timpani optional
for: 8 saxophones (octet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308489
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306183
Piano / Organ, Timpani optional
for: 8 trombones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1313108
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580273
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