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.
Voci Maschili (T.T.B.B.)
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 259796
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253640
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309699
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309690
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309667
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309657
sopra li tuoni a quattro
Vierstimmige Ricercare in den acht Kirchentonarten
Antiqua
for: 4 melodic instruments [keyboard instrument]
Single part 2
Item no.: 1544675
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Choir 1)
Item no.: 580830
Thesaurus Musicus 36
for: 4 GES (INST) (SATB)
4 Partituren
Item no.: 466676
Girolamo Frescobaldi Il Primo Libro~Delle Canzoni (1628/1634) 9
for: 4 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 364983
Motette
aus "Israelsbrünnlein"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115530
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 434022
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493151
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 559031
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1118539
for: Harpsichord [organ manuals]
Item no.: 583253
E dicca l'una sospirando
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354263
for: 5 Blockflöten (SSATB) oder Streicher oder Gamben
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355270
Band 1
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 355761
for: SAX ENSEMBLE (SSAAATTTBARBARB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 182417
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 606190
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 417780
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412584
Wiener Posaunenquartett
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 139605
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204994
(Nürnberg 1613 und Laaff)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280748
Kanon
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280323
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 164178
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
Item no.: 406753
for: Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 106685
Thesaurus Musicus 17
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Item no.: 155065
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 158585
Thesaurus Musicus 5
for: 4 voices [instruments]
Item no.: 168813
Der Blaeserchor Heft 8
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413797
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 392185
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371867
A Due Cori 47
for: 8 INST (SSAT TTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371257
Early Music Library 252
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 332983
Evangelienmotette zum 21. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
aus "Deutsche Evangeliensprüche" (1623)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115604
Cantiones Sacrae – No. 33, 34, 35 (SWV 85, 86, 87)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1161007
Psalm 150. Aus Psalmen Davids
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SSAB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1160961
SWV 153 & SWV 159
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160930
SWV 455
g-dorisch
for: Favorit choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160902
Motette
SWV 277
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160899
CD
Item no.: 1160840
Es-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160613
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