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: Brass Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016475
for: Brass Octet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090845
Chorpartitur
Choir score
Item no.: 1625918
(Der Her Is Gross) - for Medium Voices and Continuo (English and German Text)
Choir score
Item no.: 1625754
(Je Ne Fus Jamais Si Aise)
Choir score
Item no.: 1625630
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1136666
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 835290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1032077
La Rousee Du Mois De Mai
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992673
Je Ne Me Confesserai Point
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992649
Ceduntur Gladus
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992628
Madrigal
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992466
for: Mixed Ensemble
Book
Item no.: 992314
Au Joli Son Du Sansonnet Vous
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 647228
Flos Florum
for: Voice and Instrumental
Book
Item no.: 643773
4 Voix Mixtes - Chansons Francaises
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 993398
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 993281
4 Voix Mixtes - Chansons Francaises
for: 4-Part Choir
Book
Item no.: 993265
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 992803
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090574
from Corona della morte di Annibal Caro, Venezia 1568
for: SS(A)AA(T)B Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629726
20. Cricca di finti soldati
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629576
5. Libraro fiorentino
for: SSATT(B) Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629563
4. Barcaruolo da Caurle
for: SSATT(B) Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629523
from Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi. Libro VIII, Venezia 1638
for: 8 Gesang (SSAATTBB), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629613
QUINTA (all instruments)
Musica Practica
for: 5 instruments
Single part 2
Item no.: 368034
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part 5
Item no.: 762161
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Viola da gamba 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499016
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 762160
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 762158
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part 7
Item no.: 762163
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Part 4
Item no.: 762142
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Viola da gamba 4 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499018
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part 2
Item no.: 762159
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part 6
Item no.: 762162
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1043341
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231781
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Viola da gamba 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499017
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499015
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello und Orgel (Klavier); Kontrabass ad libitum
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 722439
for: school orchestra
Single part Flute 2
Item no.: 721463
per sonar a quattro
for: beliebige Instrumente (SATB); Basso continuo ad libitum
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 747330
for: school orchestra
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 721562
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Single part 5
Item no.: 674150
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676270
Antiphona angelorum. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1161090
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Part 4
Item no.: 1160871
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