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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212495
for: 8 horns
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1021663
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 879981
for eight instrumetns in two choirs
for: Flexible ensemble (8 voices)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 966457
Klassik
for: Tenor, Bass and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982908
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150210
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 910664
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891109
GIA Evoking Sound
for: SATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151309
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935115
Musica Britannica 83
for: Consort (4 voices)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 930524
Motet for Four Mixed Voices, A Cappella
for: Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1618566
Southern Music
for: Trombone Trio
Buch
Item no.: 927325
S'io ti vedess' una sol
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038447
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904090
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101224
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850778
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212481
At the birth of Christ
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041506
for: 4-6 viole da gamba
Set of parts
Item no.: 930309
Crucified also for us
for: 2-Part Treble Voices [SA] a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037873
Old Masters' Mixed Choruses 41
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 41
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850509
Texts from the Psalms 2
New Josquin Edition 16
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769419
The English Madrigalists 27
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771663
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124127
for: Voice, guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 1015580
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 9
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850586
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850753
Kommentierte lateinisch-deutsche Edition der Ausgabe Venedig 1643 inkl. Auflösung des Rätselkanons
Schütz-Dokumente 4
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 645902
(We Adore Thee)
for: Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 887061
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040052
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 624972
Sacral Choir Music SWV 369-397
for: Choir
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1160898
Bibliothek Alter Musik 120
for: Flexible baroque ensemble (8 voices)
Item no.: 1668045
Psalm 145
aus dem "Hugenotten-Psalter"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677143
Motetten und Konzerte zu 2 bis 6 Stimmen
Johann Hermann Schein. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 10,1
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 881623
Heinrich Schütz. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 33
for: Gesang, Instrument
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 879399
Psalm 122
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: Kontrabass, Cello, Basso continuo
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 872660
Klassik
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 896510
So well I know who's happy
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037456
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 27
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850360
for 10 brass instruments
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1331569
for: Viola da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661024
The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ
for: Five soloists, SATTB, Strings Quartet and Organ Continuo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037971
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039747
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900822
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