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.
10 Blechblasinstrumente
Item no.: 1616383
aus: Symphonia sacrae II
SWV 344
for: Voice (soprano), 2 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1549563
for: 6 Trombones and Bass Trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 830211
for: 3 Trombones and Bass Trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829804
for: 4 trombones, bass trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1024907
Nr. 11 aus "Vespro della beata vergine"
for: für einstimmigen Chor (S) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 113344
for: für 2 Sopran-Blockflöten und Klavier (od. Cembalo)
Item no.: 112959
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1209653
Evangelienmotette zum Sonntag Exaudi
aus "Deutsche Evangeliensprüche" (1623)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115603
My Bonnie Lass
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1647437
for: Brass Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016475
for: Brass Octet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090845
from Corona della morte di Annibal Caro, Venezia 1568
for: SS(A)AA(T)B Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629726
20. Cricca di finti soldati
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629576
5. Libraro fiorentino
for: SSATT(B) Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629563
4. Barcaruolo da Caurle
for: SSATT(B) Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629523
from Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi. Libro VIII, Venezia 1638
for: 8 Gesang (SSAATTBB), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629613
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090574
for: 8 Voices and Basso Continuo
Book
Item no.: 989164
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor STTTB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violine 2
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135264
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor STTTB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violoncello
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135238
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor SSATTBB, 2 Violinen, 4 Posaunen (4 Viole da brazzo) und Basso continuo Violine 1
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1135096
Nr. 4 aus "Vespro della Beata Vergine"
for: für 2 Soprane, 2 Tenöre, 2 Bässe, 2 gemischte Chöre (SATB) und Orchester
Vokalpartitur
Item no.: 1135474
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1543941
for: Diatonic accordion
Item no.: 211228
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354323
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355353
for: 5 Blockflöten (SSATB) oder Streicher oder Gamben
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 355272
for: school orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 354736
for: 4 beliebige Instrumente (Sopran-, Alt-, Tenor- und Bass-Blockflöte oder Fideln, Violinen, Lauten)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 241929
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202431
for: Mixed choir (SATB/ATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 816859
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121035
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996440
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889556
for: SSAATB and Organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865607
for: Voice and Instrumental
Book
Item no.: 643773
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Single part Violin
Item no.: 1136775
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309687
aus `Cancionero de Palacio´
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1015700
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985823
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 836429
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 835282
for: Brass Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318432
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 992293
for: SSAATB
Choir score
Item no.: 965055
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