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: 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 643024
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209082
for: Guitar Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1113417
Kreative Zugänge zum Genfer Psalter
einfache Ostinati zum Singen und Begleiten
for: Voices
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1667109
Aus der Sammlung "newe teutsche lieder zu drey stimmen nach art der welschen villanellen", Nürnberg (1576)
for: 3 voices [3 instruments]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1642866
Musik für Hochzeiten, Begräbnisse und kirchliche Feiern.
for: Horn, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633466
Musik für Hochzeiten, Begräbnisse und kirchliche Feiern.
for: Tuba, piano
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633472
for: 2 violins, cello
Music score
Item no.: 1548768
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582254
aus "Neue artige vnd liebliche Täntze ...", Nürnberg 1602
eingerichtet für Blechbläserquartett
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4159
aus: Il primo libro della musica a due voci, Mailand 1548
eingerichtet für 2 Blockflöten
for: 2 recorders (ST)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6372
Psalm 129,1-2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725787
aus "Sonata concertante in stilo moderno", Venedig
for: Sopran-Blockflöte (Flöte, Violine) und Generalbass (Gitarre)
Music score
Item no.: 739963
Heinrich Schütz. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 34/35
Score
Item no.: 659206
for: Voices, flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210545
for: Voices, flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210547
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210572
aus: "Erster Teil Kleiner geistlicher Concerte"
for: Women's choir (MezA) [male choir (BarB)], organ
Score
Item no.: 1947
aus: Cantiones sacrae
Dillingen, 1580
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5701
aus: "Newer Pavanen, Galliarden, unnd Intraden, auff allerley Instrumenten zu Musiciren..."
eingerichtet für Streichquartett / Streichorchester
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4459
Klassik
for: SATB Alto Organ Accompaniment
Choir score
Item no.: 1659289
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 1668011
aus: Bicinia sacra, schöne geistliche Lieder und Psalmen, mit zwo Stimmen lieblich zu singen
(Nürnberg, 1547)
for: 2 voices
Score
Item no.: 2840
aus "Musae sioniae", 9. Teil
für Männerchor (TTB)
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2111
L'incoronazione di Poppea
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733514
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755735
Two intricate and lengthy fantasies for treble, two tenors and bass viol
for: 3 viole da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661019
Musik für Hochzeiten, Begräbnisse und kirchliche Feiern.
for: Flute, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633455
aus: "Neuf basses dances ..."
Paris, 1530
for: Cornet [trumpet (C/B-flat)], 3 trombones (ATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5274
Motet
for: gemischter Chor (SAAT/ATTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 781819
Zehn deutsche Madrigale
Meister der Renaissance (16./17. Jh.)
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658317
Möseler Chorreihe
for: gemischter Chor (SSA/SATB oder SAT/ATTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 795671
aus: "Il quarto libro de varie sonate, sinfonie, gagliarde, corrente, e brandi"
Venedig, 1626
for: 2 violins [recorders/cornets], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4463
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 766146
Instrumentalmusik für Kammer und Kirche Band 3
Musica Instrumentalis
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671091
aus "Geistliche Gesänge Augspurgischer Confession", Berlin 1641
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 3303
für Streichquartett
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 648332
for: Orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1595504
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1159543
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041734
aus "Operum Musicorum Posthumorum, Pars Prima"
Nürnberg, 1643
for: 2 violins [cornetts], viola da gamba [trombone], organ
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4276
for One, Two or Three Voices and Basso Continuo
Musica Britannica 87
for: 1–3 voices, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 931577
für vier Blasinstrumente
for: Wind quartet [wind ensemble 4 voices]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 648326
for 4 viols or recorders
for: 4 recorders [4 viole da gamba]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661018
spiral-bound
Early English Church Music 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 930829
Early Music Series
for: 5 recorders (SSTTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 779430
2 Violins and 4 Recorders
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1153989
Dank sei unserm Herrn
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037504
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