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.
Early English Church Music 46
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769209
für zwei Stimmen und Generalbass ad lib.
aus: Musae Sioniae, 9. Teil
for: Women's choir (AA) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2792
für 8 Blockflöten in 2 Chören
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635554
for: INST (GES) (2-6)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 577805
Weihnachtssätze für Vokal- und Instrumentalensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 569507
Musicalische Bibliothek 05
for: 10 INST (BFL)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 139565
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 363843
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 493052
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Set of parts
Item no.: 566332
for: BL CH 1
Item no.: 126972
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 2 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413919
Surrexit Christus hodie
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422131
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB / SAABar), [Basso continuo]
Score
Item no.: 236111
German Magnificat
Frühfassung
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1658564
Entstehungszeit evtl. um 1610
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232070
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 231831
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Kinderchor, Melodie-Instrumente, Klavier
Score
Item no.: 143081
Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230243
Novello Choral Pops
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 558731
Buch
Item no.: 873245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1667166
Tenor Sax Solo
for: Tenor saxophone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591374
for violoncello and string orchestra
score and parts
for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 591267
Motette zu Psalm 118, Vers 17
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 199872
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487851
Geistliches Konzert aus "Liebliche Krafft-Blümlein"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423603
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423339
aus: Preußische Festlieder I
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAB, ATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 194659
Weihnachtsmotette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115690
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950142
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 235985
(Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730068
for: Piano
Item no.: 1361305
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166577
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Mariens Sohnes, Jesu Christi
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392174
Geistliches Konzert für fünf, neun, zehn oder vierzehn Stimmen
for: 5 (9 10 14) GES BC
Score
Item no.: 379363
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 327948
Magnificat-Kompositionen der Jahre 1576-1583 aus Münchner Handschriften. 21 Kompositionen zu 4, 5, 6 und 8 Stimmen
Orlando di Lasso. Sämtliche Werke (Neue Reihe) 15
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 116271
darin ein Engel die geburt Christi den hirten verkündigt
aus "Trutz-Nachtigall", 1649
for: Voice (high), basso continuo; organ ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 2753
aus: Geistliche und Weltliche Teutsche Geseng
eingerichtet für gemischten Chor (SAATB)
Wittenberg, 1566
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5693
"Den die Hirten lobeten sehre"
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667273
eingerichtet für Sopran- und Altblockflöte
for: 2 recorders (SA)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2490
Sechs Weihnachtslieder für vier Blockflöten (AATB)
Flautando Edition
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 664658
Christmas Motet
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681080
aus: Ecclesiasticarum Cantionum Quatuor Vocum ... Liber Primus
Venedig 1639
transponierte Ausgabe (ATTB)
for: Mixed choir (ATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6089
for recorder orchestra
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 475572
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204037
Early Music Library 148
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 211880
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