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: Treble recorder, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354799
Motet
for: gemischter Chor (SAAT/ATTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 781819
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781800
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209082
aus "Missa on me l' a dit"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756479
for: Männerchor (ATTTB)
Music score
Item no.: 758281
Möseler Chorreihe
for: gemischter Chor (SSA/SATB oder SAT/ATTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 795671
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563194
Musik Fuer Blechblaeser 8
for: 2 TRP HRN POS (TUBA)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 152843
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 392169
for: 5 Streicher oder 5 Blockflöten (SATTB) und Basso continuo (Laute, Noten und Tabulatur; Cembalo, Orgel)
Einzelstimme
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for: Women's choir (2–6 parts); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 780725
Für Blockflöten (SAT), Violen da Gamba, andere Instrumente oder Vokalensemble
for: 3 voices [melodic instruments]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1642872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996434
for: 4 recorders [2 violins, viola, cello]
Ensemble score
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Stimmensatz
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235446
for: 4 recorders [4 viole da gamba]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661018
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658317
Syntagma musicum, Teil 2
Documenta musicologica I/14 (Reprint) (Reprint)
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 118459
for: GCH (3-4) BC
Choir score
Item no.: 179322
Libro Primo – Recercada (Castell’Arquato, II)
Tastata – Opere d'intavolatuta d'organo e cimbalo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 619070
Italian Instrumental Music Of The Renaissance 16
for: 3 melodic instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 482230
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 146772
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850993
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (2-3 parts) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
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for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
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Score
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Score
Item no.: 553305
Score
Item no.: 549867
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
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for: Chor SATB / SATB
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476383
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score
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for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) [6 voices] a cappella
Score
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for: 4 melodic instruments
Score
Item no.: 621753
Show yourselves joyful to the Lord
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 676718
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