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.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
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Datura Quartett
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: 3 treble recorders, basso continuo
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Musica Rara
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Ensemble score
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for: 2 C INST (ABFL/VL) BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 261421
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Gaillarden/Balli/Allemanden zu vier Stimmen (1583
Consortium
for: Descant recorder
Ensemble score
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for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
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Reneszánsz táncok
EMB Early Chamber Music
for: Flute [recorder], guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 266363
for: Lute [guitar]
Music lesson book
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for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
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Gaillarde
for: Guitar
Single edition
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Voce Divina 10 - Gesamtausgabe Bd 4
for: 2 voices, basso continuo
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für zwei gemischte Chöre, ad lib. Instrumente colla parte
Sing- und Spielpartitur
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
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Nyolc könnyű darab
EMB Musica per chitarra
for: Classical guitar
Music score
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for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Saltarelli, Canzoni e Fantasie
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 255392
Early Chamber Music
for: 3 melodic instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 255365
UMPC Critical Editions
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Score
Item no.: 260291
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Item no.: 309789
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Score
Item no.: 309752
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Score
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Score
Item no.: 309742
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Score
Item no.: 309731
Selig ist, der auf Gott sein Hoffnung setzet
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Score
Item no.: 309727
Danket dem Herren, denn er ist sehr freundlich
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Schlußchor der Matthäus-Passion
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Score
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for: Guitar
Music score
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Worte von Martin Behm (16. Jh.)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Madrigal
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Book
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for: 8 instruments (octet)
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für 6 Instrumente (Blockflöten/Gamben)
Nürnberg 1604
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
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Consortium
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
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Strumentalismo Italiano 11 (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
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Music score (reprint)
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Book
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
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O Primavera
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Sheet music
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