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: 4 beliebige Instrumente (Sopran-, Alt-, Tenor- und Bass-Blockflöte oder Fideln, Violinen, Lauten)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 241929
4. Barcaruolo da Caurle
for: SSATT(B) Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629523
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 644720
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151916
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 992803
Je Ne Me Confesserai Point
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992649
La Rousee Du Mois De Mai
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992673
Ceduntur Gladus
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992628
Madrigal
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992466
Flos Florum
for: Voice and Instrumental
Book
Item no.: 643773
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 912966
for: 6 Trombones and Bass Trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830211
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1132422
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101102
Möseler Chorreihe 20
for: Mixed choir (SATB/ATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 816859
Thema
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1545022
aus `Cancionero de Palacio´
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1015700
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906576
a tre voci
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Single part Violin
Item no.: 1136775
for: Recorder ensemble
Item no.: 189076
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 3
for: BFL VC (FAG/VDG) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 171563
Nagels Musik-Archiv
for: Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 123340
Sonate concertate, Libro primo
for: 2 VL (SBFL) POS BC
Item no.: 282786
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 203782
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202431
for: school orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354736
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355353
for: 5 Blockflöten (SSATB) oder Streicher oder Gamben
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355272
O com'è gran martire
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354323
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 193922
Consortium
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Set of parts
Item no.: 206818
Musica Selecta 2
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 167944
Drei Gitarren oder Gitarrenorchester
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 185437
Gesamtausgabe
for: für 3, 6, 7, 8 oder 10 Singstimmen und Instrumente
Partitur
Item no.: 214843
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 214376
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 211228
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 464496
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 179157
Ed. G. Fontana
Buch
Item no.: 294799
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181886
Consortium
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score
Item no.: 455598
for: 4 brass instruments
Item no.: 136207
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 433611
for: 3 guitars
Item no.: 243306
for: für 2 Sopran-Blockflöten und Klavier (od. Cembalo)
Item no.: 112959
for: Guitar
Item no.: 419841
Nr. 11 aus "Vespro della beata vergine"
for: für einstimmigen Chor (S) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 113344
Der Blaeserchor
for: 4 recorders [4 viole da gamba]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413802
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