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: Frauenchor (SSA); Klavier ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 1627971
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664825
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1590898
for: 4 beliebige Instrumente (Sopran-, Alt-, Tenor- und Bass-Blockflöte oder Fideln, Violinen, Lauten)
Einzelstimme 3. Stimme, Altschlüssel
Item no.: 752199
from Danserye (1551)
for: 6 Trumpets and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995445
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 926054
Deus in Auditorium
for: Tubaquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204812
Musica Practica
for: 5 instruments
Score
Item no.: 1689200
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 733057
My young life has ended
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 993570
for: Solo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158789
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906478
Lord, Have Mercy
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156674
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913080
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154852
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041732
Pris'Ning Towers
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829381
arranged for Brass Quintet
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 930799
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159280
Novello Tudor Anthems
for: String orchestra
Book
Item no.: 885599
The English School of Lutenist Song Writers. Second Series
for: Voice, lute
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1056897
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110296
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850687
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822472
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923840
Klassik
Buch
Item no.: 834859
szemelvények
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 850465
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 19
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822614
Klassik
for: Choral
Buch
Item no.: 835300
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923996
Audivi vocem de coelo
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1032132
2 Trumpets
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160052
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038978
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: SATB, unison
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152816
Sing with Joy
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Klavier ad libitum
Item no.: 1620029
for: 6 Brass Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966682
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886242
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 908585
The First Day of the Week
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159374
(je 1x inkl. Sopran)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1012120
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903870
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950976
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822682
12 pieces for keybaord from the Lynar A Mansucript
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 930034
From Tielman Susato's Danserye
for: Gitarrenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1349835
Möseler Chorreihe
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781822
for ten brass
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba; percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966678
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