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: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1642926
Das Chorwerk 42
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654215
Vesperae Beatae Mariae Virginis
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 460489
Historia des Leidens und Sterbens unseres Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi nach dem Evangelisten St. Lucam
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: SOLI gemischter Chor
Study score
Item no.: 392171
Schweizer Beiträge zur Musikforschung 10
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 483688
Ou clavecin – Orgue – Harfe
for: Lute
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 433448
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 271961
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 159459
Geistliche Chormusik
Eine Auswahl von Motetten für 3 gemischte Stimmen a capella
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 229660
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 229605
for: Celli (5)
Sammelband (Stimmensatz)
Item no.: 394587
Klassik
for: Tiefes Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1530727
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994567
Psalmkonzert für zwei Favoritchöre (SSMsT / ATTB) und Basso continuo, Capell-Chor (SATB / SATB) ad lib.
Favoritchor 1 und 2
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; chapell choir 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Choir score (Favorit choir)
Item no.: 231731
Fontana Di Musica 24
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 461146
Piano reduction
Item no.: 326283
Collegium Musicum – Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: 5 viole da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1632346
Mark Foster
for: SAA a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123622
Hinshaw Sacred
for: SSATB, Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1058665
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057963
for: Organ (manuals)
Item no.: 337718
Heft 27: Handschriftliche Tabulaturensammlung um 1600
Ausgewählte Werke in ihrer Originalnotation mit Übertragungen für Laute und Gitarre. Mit Faksimile
Teil V
for: Lute [guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 634967
Motet a 13
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae"
for: 6 voices, 6 trombones, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1355102
for: Männerchor, [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 465114
Ross Winters Recorder Pack
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Item no.: 340440
Holzbläser oder Streicher
Item no.: 276588
für 5-stimmigen gemischten Chor, Streicher und Orgel
Text: Lukas 2, 34-35
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Vocal score
Item no.: 380937
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
Item no.: 994753
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950140
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950970
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 5
Dresdner Kammerchor – Hans-Christoph Rademann
2 Audio-CDs
Item no.: 677178
for: 2 VL VC / 3 VDG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 165453
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 1609089
Item no.: 330740
from Francesco Rognoni’s Selva de’ varii Passaggi (Milano 1620)
for: Violine (Blockflöte)
Item no.: 549921
10. Deh, bella e cara e sì soave un tempo - Seconda parte
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1629710
5. Ma, se con la pietà non è in te spenta - Seconda parte
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1629660
3. Era l’anima mia
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1629475
13. M’è più dolce il penar per Amarilli
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1629461
14. Ahi, come a un vago sol cortese giro
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1204103
15. Questa ordì il laccio
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629618
2. Se per avervi, ohimè, donato il core
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629596
14. Occhi, un tempo mia vita
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629536
4. Amor, per tua mercé vattene a quella
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629355
21. Cantai un tempo e se fu dolce il canto
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629442
19. Ardo, sì, ma non t’amo
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629405
7. Non son in queste rive
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1204115
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