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: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 771904
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: 3-5 voices [Instruments]
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 314530
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Harpsichord [organ]
2 music scores
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for: 4 mixed choirs, orchestra
Score
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for: Voice
Book
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
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for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1000730
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: 2 voices (high), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 177333
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 770916
for: Voice, guitar
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 213321
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Girolamo Frescobaldi Il Primo Libro~Delle Canzoni 1
for: SBFL (VL) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1669709
from "Tutta l’Arte della Trombetta"
Edward H. Tarr Series
The Brass Press
for: 5 trumpets [brass quintet], timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1670965
Vol. 15–20
9 CDs
Item no.: 1688045
for: Gemischter Chor (8) Basso continuo
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for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 767200
Our Father, Throned in Heaven
for: 2-Part Treble Voices [SA] a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037578
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041857
O Rex Gloriae
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038963
study score
for: KAMMERMUSIK
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for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1558069
Pian & Forte Vol. 117
for: SSB
Choir score
Item no.: 1163523
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for 10-Piece Brass Ensemble
Brass Connection
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
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Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908438
Angel Hosts to the Shepherds
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038312
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041690
Thou noon-tide
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: 2 trumpets, 4 trombones [horn, 3 trombones]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1684830
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for mixed chorus a cappella
Mapa mundi - Spanish Church Music
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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