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: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041378
für 2 Violinen und Bc 3 Spielpartituren
Musica Speciosa
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Ensemble score
Item no.: 210678
Thesaurus Musicus 54
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Item no.: 193275
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Item no.: 214955
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 124995
für Trompete (C/B) und Orgel
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418116
Consortium
for: 8 recorders (SSAATTBB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 417846
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 456391
for five instruments
Komplett
for: 5 instruments
Score, 7 Single part
Item no.: 166597
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 141341
für Kinderchor, gemischten Chor und Basso continuo (Instrumente ad libitum)
Chorpartitur 2 (Adulti)
Urtext
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSSS), mixed choir (ATTB), basso continuo; mixed choir (SATB), melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 670900
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 4
Dresdner Kammerchor – Hans-Christoph Rademann
Audio-CD
Item no.: 677167
Dialogus à 7 SWV 339
Stuttgarter Schütz–Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1023729
for: Treble recorder, violin, viola, harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1355494
Opera regia with a prologue and three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voices, string orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693016
Bibliothek Alter Musik 120
for: Flexible baroque ensemble (8 voices)
Item no.: 289993
for: 4 violins
Score, Parts
Item no.: 486166
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 211141
für sechs Blechblasinstrumente
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 211006
Early Music Library 24
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376734
for: 3 recorders (SST)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 275135
for: Cello, guitar
Item no.: 146129
for: 10 TRP KLAV (ORG)
Item no.: 202966
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 585245
für gem Chor a cappella
Partitur (la)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 563141
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score, 8 Single part
Item no.: 1664648
MCh
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1660193
Cantate Domino
Kirchenmusik aus alter und neuer Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 342362
for: Mixed Choir A Cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 625974
for: Guitar
Instrumental Duet
Item no.: 1612060
Eb
for: Bassoon, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1589095
Rarita Musicali
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 311842
Miniatur eines unbekannten Malers; Öl auf Holz, nach 1900 entstanden
for: POSTER (2)
Poster
Item no.: 227053
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 986617
for: 4 melodic instruments
Item no.: 413873
for: 4 melodic instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413792
for: 3 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 200600
for: 2 voices, basso continuo
Item no.: 480238
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
SV 265
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo; 5 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 666974
für fünf Soli (SSTTB), gemischten Chor (SATB), zwei Violinen und Basso continuo (Instrumente ad lib)
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
SV 272
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 666941
Rekonstruktion
for: Soli TT, Bc
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 649720
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 597271
for: Voice (baritone), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1249524
for: Voice (tenor), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306183
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287479
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315817
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595524
Gesamtausgabe
for: 3 recorders (SST)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418959
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