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.
Biblische Historie
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: SOLI 5 INST (SATTB) (+ GCH) BC
Study score
Item no.: 392170
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891144
for: Authentic Guitar TAB
Item no.: 1529193
for: Authentic Guitar TAB
Item no.: 1529192
for: Vocal
Item no.: 1530099
Hinshaw Concert
for: SATTB, a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058901
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058330
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607594
Four-voice Masses II
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 65/7
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 311828
for: Voice, orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 1310774
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272058
for: 4 trombones, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1271972
Zwei Tischgebete
for: 4 recorders (SAAT/ATTB)
Performance scores
Item no.: 691091
Part I & Part II
for: 4 saxophones (SAAT/ AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1023457
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 246890
for: SAX QUINTETT (AATTBAR)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 463980
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 265921
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374011
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577702
for: Choral
Item no.: 1523764
Consortium
for: 2 melodic instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 417923
for: 3 recorders (SAB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419827
aus Corona harmonica (1610)
for: Gemischter Chor (6-stimmig)
Choir score
Item no.: 1198995
Lobet den Herren, alle Völker für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor und Or
Gemischter Chor (4-st.), Orgel Chorpartitur
for: Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1199899
Item no.: 553616
Dialog
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 380347
Messe für achtstimmigen Doppelchor
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 870050
for: 2 flutes, piano
Book
Item no.: 994078
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296130
Der Streit zwischen Marco Scacchi und Paul Siefert
Schütz-Dokumente 3
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 772530
for: 3 or 4 Violins and Piano
Book
Item no.: 162817
for: für Gitarre
Item no.: 113000
for: Voice (alto)
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 387511
aus "Selva morale e spirituale" (1640/1)SV267
for: für 5 Stimmen und Basso continuo oder Sopran, gemischter Chor (SATB) 4 Violen und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 313985
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376764
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376501
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376123
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1384616
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 327689
Offertory
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 312616
for: Choral
Item no.: 1378525
für 2 gemischte Chöre (a capella) und Orgel (Klavier) ad. lib.
Text: Johannes 11, 25-26
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB, SATB), Orgel / Klavier
Vocal score
Item no.: 380934
Bearbeitung für 2 Trompeten, 2 Hörner, 4 Posaunen und Baßtuba
Aus: Symphoniae Sacrae
for: 8 wind instruments
Conductor score
Item no.: 378833
for: Recorder/Cello/Piano
Book
Item no.: 277365
Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts
Band IV
(Erstdruck)
for: 3 recorders, 2 violins, 3 violas, basso continuo
Ensemble score (violas)
Item no.: 335106
Offertory
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549889
Oversized, spiral-bound score
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1031819
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 5 Stimmen (SATTB)
Studienpartitur zugleich Singpartitur
Item no.: 755928
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