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: Horn (E-flat) [tenor horn], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1851
Favoritchor/Orgel(Bc) (Favoritchor)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 628926
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [tenor saxophone/trumpet], piano
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1849
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2759
for: Voice (medium/high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1845
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1819
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score Violin 1,2
Item no.: 690347
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 370920
for: Mixed choir (6 voices), orchestra, basso continuo; soloists ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 634495
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1846
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1163
for: TTBB and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 442773
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665864
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425214
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 345347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317756
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364568
for: 2 voices (ST), organ
Score
Item no.: 175147
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1031001
for: Mixed choir (SSAAAATTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 610320
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
– Graduated price on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232000
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1030693
for: Blechbläser (4), Gesang, Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632793
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 232150
for: Ukulele
Ukulele Chord Songbook
Item no.: 1554841
for: 8 INST (GES)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 569728
Weihnachtssätze für Vokal- und Instrumentalensemble
for: Flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 569776
Entstehungszeit evtl. um 1610
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668623
for: 5 voices [5 instruments]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 569506
Ave Maria SSA + Klavier
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score, Piano score, Organ score
Item no.: 493055
for: zweistimmiger Chor und Klavier, Alt Blockflöte ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 1566372
Imitatorische Motette (14. Jh.)
for: gleiche Stimmen (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 746802
Christmas concerto
for: Soli, gemischter Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
Streicherstimmensatz Violine I,II, Viola, Violoncello, Basso continuo (Violoncello)
Item no.: 723397
for: Viola
Instrumental Duet
Item no.: 1554994
for: Cello
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1553468
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4446
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4386
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4130
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6084
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 6016
from: Sacro Sanctae Dei Laudes
Venice 1600
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6305
for: 2 trombones [bassoons]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 2501
for: Combo band
Piano part for conductor, Parts
Item no.: 1651284
nach dem lateinischen "Dies est laetita" (15. Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731842
nach Ps. 96 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730064
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Choir score (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1355115
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 494595
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 279038
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