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.
für 3 Blockflöten
Lachrimae
for: 3 recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659815
for: Choir
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1701908
20 Pieces
Schott Anthology Series
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology), CD (mp3)
Item no.: 696545
for: beliebige Instrumente (SATB); Basso continuo ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 155438
from "Obras de Musica"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 728095
The Third Music Book
for: Blockflöten-Quartett oder andere Melodie-Instrumente
Ensemble score
Item no.: 727612
Text: Lukas 2, 29-32
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726823
aus "Missa da pacem"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726817
for: 6 Trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995465
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996567
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996635
for: 5 Streicher oder 5 Blockflöten (SATTB) und Basso continuo (Laute, Noten und Tabulatur; Cembalo, Orgel)
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 472176
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223315
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 140011
for: Gemischter Chor: SSATB, Basso continuo ad libitum
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 114712
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418058
for: Flute, guitar
Buch
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for: 4 recorders (SAAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 731353
(nach Habakuk 2,3)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
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for: gemischtes Instrumental-Ensemble
Music score
Item no.: 724833
for: Guitar
Music score
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for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, Parts
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for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355308
for: 5 recorders (quintet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355920
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354264
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748284
zu 3 Stimmen
for: 3 Blockflöten (SSA) oder 3 Fideln
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748145
("Mein junges Leben hat ein End")
for: 4 recorders (SAAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748806
Edition Schott
for: 5 Blockflöten (SATTB/SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748805
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
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for: SSAb and Finger Cymbals
Einzelstimme
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for: Alto trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
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for: Flute Sextet
Score, Parts
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for: Organ
Item no.: 352887
Greensleeves to a Ground for Treble (Alto) Recorder and BC
for: Treble recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 369593
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
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from the "Troisième Livre de danceries"
for: 4 Blockflöten (SATB od. ATTB) oder andere Melodie-Instrumente (Violen, Flöten); Schlagwerk ad libitum
Ensemble score
Item no.: 754140
Collection Novus
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024134
O la, o che ben eccho / Holla! Welch gutes Echo, Matona mia cara / Herzallerliebstes Mädel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 794037
Psalm from the vesper of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1610
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SAB) und Basso continuo
Choir score
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Edition Schott
for: 4 recorders (SAAT)
Music score
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Lamento d'Arianna, part III
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782072
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 792443
a quattro Nos. VI e VII
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Music score
Item no.: 739612
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