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: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239985
for: Classical guitar
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 493688
Offertory
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549889
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Item no.: 216545
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150258
for: 5 Guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 238815
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 238721
for: Singstimme, Instrument, Basso continuo
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 116035
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 115927
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115739
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115719
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115718
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 348958
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 880020
for: Basso continuo (Cello)
Stimme
Item no.: 605058
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351593
for: Gemischter Chor (6-stimmig)
Choir score
Item no.: 1198995
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 225749
for Fingerstyle Ukulele
for: Ukulele
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 1692210
Kreative Zugänge zum Genfer Psalter
einfache Ostinati zum Singen und Begleiten
for: Voices
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1667109
for: 2 trombones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 417726
for: Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Orgel
Choir score
Item no.: 1199899
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 772530
for: Soli SSTTB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Posaunen (3), Basso continuo (Soli SSTTB, Violinen (2), Basso continuo), (Soli SSTTB, Violinen (2), Posaunen (3), Basso continuo), (Soli SSTTB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Violinen (2), Basso continuo)
Score
Item no.: 1336722
for: SBFL (FL/OB/VL) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 227848
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1713512
for: gemischten Chor (SATB) und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 327689
for: 1–2 violins, piano; guitar ad lib.
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 301298
for: 8 wind instruments
Conductor score
Item no.: 378833
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: BFL QUARTETT (SAAB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677009
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 1696797
Motet in six parts from 'Geistliche Chor-Music' (1648)
for: Flexible ensemble (6 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1479661
for: Lute
Buch
Item no.: 1658719
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932037
aus der Oper "L´Orfeo"
(Ausgabe in B-, C- und D-Dur)
for: Trumpet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781328
Motet for six-part mixed Chorus
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1665065
a quattro voci per sonare
Venetia 1596
for: 4 string instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1340787
für 6 Blockflöten (Stimmen/Gamben/Melodieinstrumente)
for: 6 recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 677587
Musica Practica (wind clefs)
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1615860
C
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1479090
for: Cor anglais, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 636079
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 327145
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041154
Now Blessed Be Thou
for: SST or SAB and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039320
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912877
Give Ear, O Lord
for: TB/Two-Part Treble Voices [SA or TB] and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039527
With Voice of Melody
for: SSATBB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039491
Jesu, transcendent, glorious King
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038335
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