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.
Musica Rara
for: 2 trumpets, 3 trombones (quintet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 291831
Variations on Chorales and Psalms
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 456918
for: für Soli: 2 Sopran, Alt, 2 Tenor, 2 Bass, Chor SSATTB und Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 124637
for Voices and Viols in five Parts
for: 5 voices; 5 viole da gamba colla parte
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661033
für fünf Singstimmen
Monteverdi-Gesamtausgabe Bd. 1
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 301131
for: Choir and Ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1096816
Sing Out, Dear Children
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 985210
Music for String Orchestra
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 803239
Southern Music
for: 8 Horns
Buch
Item no.: 928713
for 3 choirs
Music for Brass (Robert King) 425
for: Brass ensemble (8 parts), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819833
Brass and Percussion Parts
for: Organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057085
New Josquin Edition 13
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769380
Die Musizierstunde~Blaesermusik In Kleinen Gruppen 12
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Item no.: 224820
Motette für Blasorchester aus "Die Psalmen Davids" (SWV 386)
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 182673
for: Guitar
Item no.: 226455
sorte de instrumenti für 3-22 Instrumente
Studienpartitur
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN
Study score
Item no.: 1345260
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich~Dtoe 57
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 103449
for: 4-6 viole da gamba
Set of parts
Item no.: 930309
for: 5–6 cellos
Set of parts
Item no.: 929655
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 47
Score
Item no.: 329082
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 346207
Item no.: 446349
Komische Oper in 2 Akten. Deutsche Bühnenfassung von Paul Friedrich und Günter Rennert
for: Soprane solo (2), Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bariton solo, Bässe solo (3), Männerchor: TTBB, Flöten (2), Piccoloflöte, Oboen (2), Klarinetten (2), Fagotte (2), Hörner (2), Trompeten (2), Pauke, Schlagzeuge (2), Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116356
5 Stimmbücher im Schuber
Jena, Lippold 1610
Faksimile-Edition Schermar-Bibliothek Ulm 5 (Facsimile)
for: 5 INST
STIMMBUECHER
Item no.: 218526
Tre Messe
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Item no.: 225134
Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft 8
Book
Item no.: 397484
Item no.: 369978
for: Mixed Choir A Cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 625974
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1106002
(Stettin 1630)
36 Motetten, Erstausgabe
for: 6 voices
Score
Item no.: 563832
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 774220
SWV 482 - 492 für acht Stimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe – Gesamtausgabe Band 18
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 676712
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 57
for: Harpsichord
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 580927
Easy Flex 4
4 zuweisbare Stimmen
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 667910
Opera in un prologo e tre atti di
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 770163
Curnow Music Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956394
Band 1: Grundlagen
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 212070
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 978255
Tone-System, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music
AMS Studies in Music
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 769130
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629430
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995492
for: GCH 4 VL LAUTE
Score, Parts
Item no.: 301578
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629527
Libro Terzo (Venezia 1608)
Intabulated and Diminished for Organo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1556017
from Danserye
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995496
Score
Item no.: 549816
Score
Item no.: 471895
for: 10 TRP KLAV (ORG)
Item no.: 202966
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