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.
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Score
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Score, Parts
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for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
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Choir score
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Ensemble score
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Ensemble score
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for: 3 voices [melodic instruments]
Score
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for: Classical guitar
Music score (anthology)
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for school and liturgical use
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Music score (anthology)
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for: Choir
Set of parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Choir score
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for: 3 guitars
Ensemble 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
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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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Two- and three-part motets
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Two- and three-part motets
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Choir book
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for: Musikerziehung
Buch
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
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Stimme, Urtextausgabe
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for: 2. Violine, 2. Trompete
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
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Spielpartitur, Sammelband
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Choir score (Urtext edition)
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
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Libro Primo – Recercada (Castell’Arquato, II)
Tastata – Opere d'intavolatuta d'organo e cimbalo
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Music score
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Ensemble score
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Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
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Book
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Ensemble score
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Choir score
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Offertory
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
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Choir score (Urtext edition)
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Choir score (Urtext edition)
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Choir score (Urtext edition)
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