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.
Band II
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115126
being the third part of A Booke of Ayres with a Triplicitie of Musicke (1606)
with an arrangement for keyboard accompaniment
for: Voice (soprano), lute, viola da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662842
for: Trumpet, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1636148
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1319120
Fagott & Klavier (Organ)
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 594989
from Conviviorum Delicia
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314481
for: 2 baritone horns, 2 euphoniums, 4 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251654
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580273
for: Baritone saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580271
for: Piccolo trumpet, piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1580269
for: Bassoon, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631147
for: Soprano saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631142
for: 5 clarinets (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579177
for: 5 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579176
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579165
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579164
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315821
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315788
4 petites pièces arr. pour 3 Bassons
for: 3 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660812
Für Blockflötenquintett (SSATB
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Set of parts
Item no.: 418663
Werke von Komponisten aus dem 16./17./18. Jahrhundert
for: Horn (F/E-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1557071
con la Partitura per l’organo
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) [8 voices], organ
Music score
Item no.: 777501
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037486
Schriften der Musikhochschule Lübeck 1
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1551893
Klassik
for: Mixed Choir [SAATB] and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982874
Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft 8
Book
Item no.: 397484
aus einer Motette
for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 767348
Klassik
for: Recorder and basse continue
Book
Item no.: 429088
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: 5 instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 414025
Thesaurus Musicus 45
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 409100
Viol parts to twenty songs for high voice from volumes 15 & 16 of Steiner & Bell's BYRD EDITION
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), 4 viole da gamba
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 369367
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371871
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: SSATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931201
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654955
Motet
No. 14 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696752
Book
Item no.: 766601
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038167
Codice Mancini
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 781143
della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Con i frammenti della Fondazione Opera Pia don G. Greggiati di Ostiglia
for: 2 voices
Music score
Item no.: 780807
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Euphonium, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & Orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251621
Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Herrn und Heilands Jesu Christi nach dem Evangelisten St. Johannes
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: SOLI gemischter Chor
Study score
Item no.: 392172
aus "Terpsichore" (Folge 4-6)
Corona - Werkreihe für Kammerorchester 14
for: 4 recorders [2 violins, viola, cello]
Set of parts
Item no.: 157925
Madigale für fünfstimmig gemischten Chor (SSATB)
Fontana Casselana
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685933
for: Euphonium, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272232
Blockflöten-Ensemble
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Blockflöten (6-7)
Score, part
Item no.: 554378
Selva morale et spirituale
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 423783
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307073
Piano / Organ, Timpani optional
for: 8 brass winds (octet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308491
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