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.
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Choir score
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
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for: Voice
Choir score
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Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913185
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909810
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Descant recorder
Item no.: 607405
for: 8 POS (AATTTTBB)
Item no.: 401573
Item no.: 618643
A Due Cori 128
for: 2 gemischter Chor
Partitur, Stimmen
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Thesaurus Musicus 43
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 189916
Tenor Saxophone Part
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1040535
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
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Tenor (recorders)
for: 6 voices [Instruments]
Part 4
Item no.: 1664028
for: Mixed choir (12 parts) a cappella
Part St
Item no.: 632291
(Messa della domenica)
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780924
Cello, Double Bass, or Bassoon
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150532
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 997529
for: Mixed Choir [SSATB] A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 998636
Nr. 25/26 aus "Sacrae Cantiones 1565"
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) [6 solo voices]
Choir score
Item no.: 772824
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
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2 Violins or Violas, and Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
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Harmonia-Men's Choir
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Einzelstimme
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
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for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, Parts
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Bibliothek Alter Musik Bam 72
for: 8 INST (GES)
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for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
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for: BL CH 2 / 2 TRP 2 POS
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Thesaurus Musicus 39
for: 5 instruments
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Bam 143 Bibliothek Alter Musik
for: 5 INST (VDG)
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Mark Foster
for: SATB Double Choir
Choir score
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for: 4 TRP ORG PK
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Early Music Library 96
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
2 Scores
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25 renaissance Canons and Duets
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Psalm 8
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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für 5 Singstimmen (Blockflöten/Gamben)
aus: OCh Mss 984-88
Music score
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SWV 126 & SWV 130
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Psalm-Konzert
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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