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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for: 5 voices [5 instruments]
PART ST / DT
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GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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Harmonia-Womens Choir
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Choir score
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Score, Parts
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Klassik
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Choir score
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for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
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for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
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Musica Selecta 2
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Score, Parts
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for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
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Harmonia-Womens Choir
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for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
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for: Male choir
Choir score
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Nr. 23 aus "Sacrae Cantiones 1565"
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Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1194027
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924302
for: Women's Choir [SSA] A Capella
Choir score
Item no.: 960480
Legi P.Leg
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172298
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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Psalm 69 - 109
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
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for: 10-Part Brass Ensemble
Score, Parts
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Choir score
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for: Voice
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
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Violin, Flute
for: Unison [or solo]
Einzelstimme
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Voice
Choir score
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GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Mark Foster
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Choir score
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GIA Instrumental
for: 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones
Buch
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Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
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Klassik
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