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: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2503
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3300
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 492525
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1220
for: 2 violins [recorders/cornets], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4746
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1925
Variations on Chorales and Psalms
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 456918
Heft 2, Canzoni V-VlI
for: Viola da gamba [cello], basso continuo
Item no.: 282763
Easy recorder quartets 1
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 353864
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113363
First complete edition with full commentary
for: Descant recorder
Music score
Item no.: 200593
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 393802
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1027023
Cantio Sacra 5
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Item no.: 132068
Concerto da' varii stromenti (violino e b.c./2 violini e b.c./2 violini, trombone e b.c./4 viole da gamba)
Palermo (1629)
for: 1–2 violins, basso continuo / 2 violins, trombone, basso continuo / 4 viole da gamba
Set of parts
Item no.: 637734
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
Item no.: 603021
6 compositions for 2 descant or tenor recorders
for: 2 descant recorders [tenor recorders]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 553967
for: BFL QUARTETT (AATB/SATB)
Item no.: 224992
English Instrumental Music 10
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 181887
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 491994
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 148939
for: Mixed choir (3 voices) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 223970
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355344
formules d'auteurs anciens pour la voix ou l'instrument
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music lesson book
Item no.: 314079
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 744999
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
Item no.: 658508
for: Viola da gamba, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 492905
for: 4 voices (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 772911
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) [6 solo voices]
Score
Item no.: 772799
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769395
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113118
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 657090
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 2213
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3340
for: 5 recorders (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3156
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Score, choir scores, single parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6473
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 240000
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo; 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6379
for: Descant recorder
Item no.: 129159
for: Voice, guitar
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 198571
Brass Press
for: Trumpet, organ
Item no.: 427862
für Sopranblockflöte (Tenor) und Tasteninstrument
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE BLOCKFLÖTE MIT TASTENINSTRUMENT SOPRAN-BLOCKFLÖTE UND KLAVIER
Item no.: 217351
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 797100
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1015477
e d'altri varij Concerti – 1638
for: 5 voices
Music score
Item no.: 777593
Die Tabulatur 7
Ausgewählte Werke in ihrer Originalnotation mit Übertragungen für Laute und Gitarre
for: Lute [guitar]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 216759
Ricercate e passaggi 3
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 135505
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 756463
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