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.
Maîtres classiques 48
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 240002
und vier andere Quintette
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355294
29 Motetten für 5-7 Stimmen und Basso continuo
Notentext der Gesamtausgabe im Paperback
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (5–7 parts), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 676731
aus: Matthäuspassion
for: Mixed choir (SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 261767
for: Choral
Item no.: 1378029
Treasury Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 809414
Musica Practica
for: 4-5 Instrumente, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234145
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231848
from Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi. Libro VIII
Set of parts
Item no.: 1204133
(Urtext)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 602477
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [violin], basso continuo
Score, solo part
Item no.: 176256
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2497
aus: "Sacrae Cantionies Quinis Vocibus Concinendae..."
Venezia, 1605
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4266
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2649
Motet
for: Singstimme und Klavier (Cembalo/Orgel)
Music score
Item no.: 748680
Schott Student Edition - Repertoire
for: Treble recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 743442
aus: Il primo libro della musica a due voci, Mailand 1548
eingerichtet für 2 Blockflöten
for: 2 recorders (AT)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6371
aus: Ricercate, Passaggi et Cadentie per potersi essercitar nel diminuir terminatamente con ogni sorte d'Istrumento
Venedig 1585
for: Violin [cornett]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6323
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 421149
Olasz reneszánsz dalok
for: Voice, guitar
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 198572
für Altblockflöte solo
Reihe 11: Alte Musik für Blockflöte
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 279142
Motette
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 935528
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 14
for: 2 violins [descant recorders/cornetts], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 335081
The Art Of The Netherlanders
for: 3 melodic instruments
Item no.: 482225
Canzoni alla francese e Ricercari ariosi
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Item no.: 245688
Volume 2
12 Pieces for Descant Recorder and Continuo
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Item no.: 182612
Urtext Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score (anthology), Playback-CD
Item no.: 555348
Classics For Saxophone Quartet
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Item no.: 329926
for: 3 recorders (SST)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 335452
Musica Britannica 66
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 341776
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383729
Just Brass 30
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 315155
mit beiden Versionen des Magnificat
Lauda einen Ganzton, Magnificat eine kleine Terz abwärts transponiert
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 477190
8 Magnificat Cycles - 2 Chorale Fantasias
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 759765
Renaissance Music Prints 8
for: 2 voices [instruments]
Item no.: 478294
3 Chorale Fantasias, Chorale Variation, 6 Hymn Settings
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 737178
Complete Edition with Commentary
for: 4 melodic instruments
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 342974
Girolamo Frescobaldi Il Primo Libro~Delle Canzoni 1
for: SBFL (VL) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 172215
for: Voice (tenor), flute, organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 635511
The Keyboard Repertoire
for: CEMB (ORG MAN/KLAV)
Item no.: 339044
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.: 4746
eingerichtet für acht Blockflöten
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1925
from "Lachrimae, or seaven teares figured in seaven passionate pavans ..."
arranged for recorder quintet
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3300
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof", 2. Teil (1646)
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1220
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 492525
Favola in musica
Reprint of the first edition, Venice 1609 and from Act V of the Mantuan libretto 1607
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 158594
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 352347
Musica Rara
for: VL (TRP) POS BC
Item no.: 414277
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