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.
Der Blaeserchor
for: 4 recorders [4 viole da gamba]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413802
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412858
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 412527
von J. P. Sweelinck und seinen deutschen Schülern
for: Organ
Item no.: 410072
Critical Performing Edition
for: Voice, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430881
for: 4 melodic instruments
SET B ST
Item no.: 157987
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 290978
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 290911
Musica Selecta 4 (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
for: 3 BFL (STB)
Score
Item no.: 274453
Psalm 100 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 294556
Motette für 6 Stimmen, vokal oder mit Instrumenten gemischt
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 117126
A Due Cori 11
for: 7 GES (INST) (SST ATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350985
Brand's Brass Programm 16
for: 4 Trompete, 4 POS, [TUBA)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 457341
for: GCH (STB) 2 VL BC
Score
Item no.: 442972
Fontes Musicae Antiquae 1
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 467012
Motette Nr. 4 aus "Israelsbrünnlein" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115516
Motetten Nr. 13 und 14 aus "Cantiones sacrae 1625"
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 115189
Evangelienspruch zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115059
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich~Dtoe 119
for: Singstimme (4-6)
Score
Item no.: 103504
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich~Dtoe 57
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 103449
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 51/52
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 103444
for: Classical
Buch
Item no.: 252517
Meisterwerke Der Musik Im Faksimile 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
PART LN GEB / FAKSIMILE
Item no.: 246118
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101049
Nr. 4 aus "Vespro della Beata Vergine"
for: für 2 Soprane, 2 Tenöre, 2 Bässe, 2 gemischte Chöre (SATB) und Orchester
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 1135474
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor SSATTBB, 2 Violinen, 4 Posaunen (4 Viole da brazzo) und Basso continuo Violine 1
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135096
for: Guitar
Item no.: 478156
Early Music Library 150
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
2 Scores
Item no.: 340559
Vier Tänze nach Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) von Ralph Paulsen-Bahnsen
Forum Zupfmusik
for: Mandolin orchestra
Score
Item no.: 339819
Early Music Library 176
2 VL (SBFL/ZINK) BC
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 339295
Renaissance Chansons 8
for: 3 voices [melodic instruments]
Item no.: 332758
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1079570
Evangelienmotette zum Sonntag Exaudi
aus "Deutsche Evangeliensprüche" (1623)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115603
Streichorchester
Partitur und Stimmen
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 895606
Psalm 84
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Choir 1)
Item no.: 773512
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309625
Leben und Werk
Berliner musikwissenschaftliche Arbeiten 17
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 229246
Nr. 17 aus "Sacrae Cantiones 1565"
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) [6 solo voices]
Choir score
Item no.: 772810
All Lust und Freud / Ein alter Greis wollt / Das Herz tut mir aufspringen
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 338408
4 Voix Mixtes - Chansons Francaises
for: 4-Part Choir
Book
Item no.: 993265
The Shoemaker's wife- My Lord Chamberlain his galliard-An unamed piece
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 971881
Messe
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 340878
Die Musikschule Brass Ensemble
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Item no.: 335041
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931787
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038248
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156238
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