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.
Thesaurus Musicus 5
for: 4 voices [instruments]
Item no.: 168813
Der Blaeserchor Heft 8
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413797
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
SWV 455
g-dorisch
for: Favorit choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160902
CD
Item no.: 1160840
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), cornett [violin], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1136704
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 1136637
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1106003
Tragédie en musique de Lully et Quinault pour solistes, chœur et orchestre.
Série I-A/2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 668213
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339625
aus: Italienische Madrigale
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587024
Bella mano veduta. Aus: Italienische Madrigale
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587018
GIA Instrumental
for: 2 Bb Trumpets, Horn in F, Trombone, Tuba
Buch
Item no.: 1154888
A Due Cori 28
for: 8 GES (INST) (ATTB ATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371267
for: 8 BFL (SSAATTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367649
Collection Pujol N. 1072
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 394055
for: 2 TRP HRN 2 POS ORG
Item no.: 417788
for: Blockflötenquartett (TBGrossbassSubbass)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 294910
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309733
Canti D
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 363931
for: Organ
Item no.: 336217
Formschneider, Nürnberg 1552/ Laub, Nürnberg 1549 (Faksimile)
for: Lute
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 362474
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964402
nel gravicembalo e tiorba, a una, due e a tre voci
for: Gravicembalo,Theorbe and 1-3 Vocals
Choir score
Item no.: 1164067
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175164
for: Guitar
Item no.: 122387
for: Cello, guitar
Item no.: 455911
for: Singstimme (T), Violine, Violoncello / Bass-Gambe, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229673
Psalmkonzert
Psalmkonzert
for: Gemischter Chor (Favoritchor SSATB), Basso continuo, [2 Cornettini (2 Violinen), 4 Posaunen, Instr. colla parte SSATB]
Score
Item no.: 423743
Geistliches Konzert
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 232107
Geistliches Konzert
for: Frauenchor (Favoritchor SSS), Kontrabass, Orgel, [Instr. colla parte SMezAB, 4 Instr]
Score
Item no.: 232030
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231997
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Gemischter Chor (SSATB), 2 Violinen, Kontrabass, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 231927
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 231854
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231851
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231840
O how fair are all thy dwellings
for: Gemischter Chor (Favoritchor SSABar/TTBarB), Kontrabass, Orgel, [8 Instr]
Score
Item no.: 231720
aus: Psalmen Davids
Psalmmotette
for: Gemischter Chor (SMezABar / ATTB), Kontrabass, Orgel, [8 Instr.]
Score
Item no.: 231717
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231710
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649285
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 474990
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388137
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388059
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