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: Women's Choir [SSA] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 998624
Geistliches Madrigal
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549912
for: Organ
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 640829
Nr. 9/10 aus "Sacrae Cantiones 1565"
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) [6 solo voices]
Choir score
Item no.: 772804
Offertorium am Feste Christi Himmelfahrt, Motette für fünfstimmigen gemischten Chor
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549948
for: 3 woodwinds (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132204
Chanson
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1114986
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] A Cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998528
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1175459
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 868388
Latin Text
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1193792
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960188
To God the Holy Spirit
for: Two or Three part Voices with optional Cello or Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149620
for: Men's Choir [TB] A Capella
Choir score
Item no.: 960513
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Cornetto I
Item no.: 782286
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score
Item no.: 180603
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 194559
A Due Cori 5
for: 8 GES (INST) (SSAT ATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 297462
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Item no.: 292522
Early Music Library 306
for: 3 voices [melodic instruments]
3 single parts
Item no.: 311727
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309728
German Instrumental Music 12
Item no.: 618579
Bremer Chorblaetter 261
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 327374
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 582207
for: 2 TRP POS ORG
Item no.: 329069
Masters And Monuments Of The Renaissance 2
Score
Item no.: 326787
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 332208
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1161077
for: 8 TRP (KLAR)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 296762
Collection Palestrina
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 302669
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 433766
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253640
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
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 434022
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493151
for: Harpsichord [organ manuals]
Item no.: 583253
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 (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 164178
for: 3 trumpets, 3 trombones
Item no.: 406753
Thesaurus Musicus 17
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Item no.: 155065
Thesaurus Musicus 5
for: 4 voices [instruments]
Item no.: 168813
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