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.
für 1-2 tiefe Instrumente in C, Klavier (Git), Gesang (tief) ad lib
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 1669822
Collection Zahir
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1697361
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 211173
Vol. 10/II - Edizione critica a cura di Alessandro Borin-David Bryant (testi in italiano e inglese)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1316855
The Souls of the Righteous
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039343
for: Two-Part Mixed Voices, Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915333
Hail, Hail, True Body
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040024
for: Trumpet (C), trombone, piano [organ]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781257
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215004
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037742
Lamb of God
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039203
The Angel Said Unto the Shepherds
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040146
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038422
Mass Ordinary
General Use
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Noten
Item no.: 643799
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041858
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1050562
for: Unison Voices or SA, Keyboard [Organ or Piano], opt.Cello/Bass Instr.
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912974
à 8 in zwei Chören
Brand's Brass Programm 16
for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones [2 horns, 2 trombones]
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681585
for: 6 BFL (SAATBB/AAATBB)
Item no.: 330462
für vier Stimmen (Instrumente) und Orgel
aus Promptuarium harmonicum
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663324
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660154
Madrigal
Mädele, heer mik singen
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666987
Motet
No. 8 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), basso continuo; 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696753
Fantasie für Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Study score
Item no.: 1344857
Dowland, Morley, Hume, Anonymus für 3 Gitarren
for: 3 guitars
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1660676
Tu as tout seul, Jan
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039594
Vere languores
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039540
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 918586
für Streichquartett Spielpartitur
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Item no.: 649027
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038257
The Souls of the Righteous
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040382
for: SSB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1040397
for: SST and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039929
Fantasien/ Pavanen/ Gailliarden
Consortium
for: 4 melodic instruments (SATB)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 607051
für Soli (TT), Chor (SSAATTBB) Chor und bc
Partitur (dt)
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Item no.: 119710
for: Guitar
Item no.: 391275
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 203495
Fontana Di Musica 7
for: 5 INST, [Orgel]
Item no.: 296734
Die Choralmelodie von Johann Crüger im Satz von Johann Sebastian Bach aus der Motette BWV 227
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 425650
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1017009
for: 6 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617167
für Männerchor a cappella
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 476425
Bearbeitung für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476423
Psalm 51
Chorwerke in Einzelausgaben 1
for: 5 voices
Choir score
Item no.: 188540
for: Soprano Recorder and 2 Alto Recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 631380
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582253
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668270
for: Blockflötenquartett (SSAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1653636
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