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: Voice, organ
Item no.: 376172
aus: Der Schwanengesang. Des Königs und Propheten Davids 119. Psalm in 11 Stücken nebst 1 Anhang des 100. Psalms und eines deutschen Magnificats
for: 2 gemischter Chor, Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 377429
for: 2 voices (SS), basso continuo
Item no.: 490223
Der Lobgesang der Maria (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115706
Musik Fuer Oboe
for: Oboe Klavier (HA/Orgel)
Item no.: 470802
Early English Church Music 51
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 552448
Violine & Streicher
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596870
Choralkonzert für gemischten Chor (SSATTB) und Bc (Kapellchor und Instrumente ad lib)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 665322
aus: Vespro della Beata Vergine (Marienvesper)
Transponierte Fassung (eine Quarte tiefer), Tonart d-dorisch
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 661167
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
Bearbeitung der Motette "Angelus ad pastores ait" von Andrea Gabrieli, mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Gemischter Chor (Favoritchor ST, 5 Instrumente, (Chor ATTB), [Kontrabass, Orgel]
Score
Item no.: 279197
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 10
Audio-CD
Item no.: 677172
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340250
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361334
Opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 630899
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322045
aus Band 15/3 der GA
Monteverdi GA
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166563
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1459
aus "Opella nova", 1. Teil (1627)
for: 3 voices (SAB) [mixed choir (SAB)], basso continuo
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1382
A Child Is Born
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024927
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2819
aus: "Fuenfftzig Geistliche Lieder vnd Psalmen ..."
Nürnberg 1586
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4115
aus: Ecclesiasticarum Cantionum Quatuor Vocum ... Liber Primus
Venedig 1639
eingerichtet für Blechbläserquartett
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6090
für 2 Soprane, Streichquartett und Bc.
for: Voice, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 327884
"Meine Seele erhebt den Herren" (Lukas I, 46-55)
for: Singstimme (mittel), 2 Violinen, Orgel (2 Trompeten ad libitum)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 153772
for: 2 BL CH
Score
Item no.: 159064
for: 4 recorders (ATTB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413787
Komposition für 2 Instrumentalchöre, Favoritchor, 2 Capellchöre ad lib. und Basso continuo
for: Gemischte Chöre (3), Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116316
22 Magnificat-Vertonungen der Jahre 1583-1585 aus Münchner Handschriften. Kompositionen zu 4 bis 7 Stimmen.
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 16
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116272
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628229
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 676717
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 224926
(Johannes 3, 16)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATTB, 1. Tenor kann vom Alt übernommen werden)
Choir score
Item no.: 478078
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 236101
Euphonium Solo
for: Euphonium, strings
Sheet music
Item no.: 591344
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409310
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1543714
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1380338
for: Gemischter Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 342102
per quattro cori
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 424267
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 242960
De Haske Choral Series
for: A Capella Mixed Voices
Choir score
Item no.: 870557
Geistliche Musik
for: SATB, Brass Instruments, String Instruments, Organ Accompaniment
Score
Item no.: 550495
Weihnachtsotette für 6-stimmigen gemischten Chor
Das Musikblatt
Score
Item no.: 388099
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315068
aus "Complementum u. Dritter Tl. Fest- u. Aposteltägiger Sprüche durchs ganze Jahr"
Erfurt, 1621
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3560
4. Advent: Joh. 1, 23 aus "Deutsche Sonntägliche Evangeliensprüche" (1612)
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1162
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732944
Part 3: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Psalm, 6 Hymn cycles, 9 Magnificat cycles, 2 Modi ludendi pleno organo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 743940
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