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.
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633219
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633220
With expamples by Giovanni Bassano (1591) – Francesco Rognoni (1620)
for: Bass instrument (C)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1632375
Collegium Musicum – Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: 5 viole da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632346
Guitar
Book
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1615846
F
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612452
for: Guitar
Instrumental Duet
Item no.: 1612060
F
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612799
D
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612454
E
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612441
E
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612797
C
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612798
Eb
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1612453
Eb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589095
C
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589473
Eb
for: Piano, Voice, High Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589566
Eb
for: Piano, Voice, Medium Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589597
G
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589152
Ab
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589492
Eb
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1589586
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1589669
Geistliche Musik
for: SATB Triple Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1584594
Sancta Maria Ora Pro Nobis
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1584440
for: 2 Gitarren (Vihuelas)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582409
for: Kanon
Music score
Item no.: 1582272
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582255
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582254
for: Kanon
Music score
Item no.: 1582297
"Can she excuse my wrongs"
for: Sopran Blockflöte (Tenor-Blockflöte) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 1582232
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582253
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1582301
for: zweistimmiger Chor und Klavier, Alt Blockflöte ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1582269
for: zweistimmiger Chor und Klavier, Alt Blockflöte ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1566372
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Klavier
Music score
Item no.: 1566351
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1565917
aus den von Pierre d'Attaignant gedruckten "Livres de Danceries" des Claude Gervaise und Estienne du Tertre
for: Chamber orchestra
Streicher-Ergänzungssatz 2 Violinen I/II, Violen I/II/III, Violoncelli I/II
Item no.: 1566070
G
for: Guitar, Piano, Violin
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565388
G
for: Viola, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565418
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1565578
for: Piano, Voice, Low Voice
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1565384
D
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1565383
G
for: Piano, Voice, Soprano Voice, Alto Voice
Vocal Duet
Item no.: 1565571
E
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1565381
for: Guitar
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1565401
for: Piano, Soprano Voice, Tenor Voice
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565530
for: Voice (high), piano
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565382
Db
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1565541
C
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561226
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