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: Tuba (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631128
for: Violin, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631126
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 419037
Acht Sätze für zwei Altblockflöten
Aus dem Cancionero de Upsala 1556
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413508
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1336803
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1336767
Acht Tänze für ein Melodieinstrument und Basso continuo
for: Melody instrument (C), basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 766979
for: Voices
Music score
Item no.: 1024217
31 sacred concertos
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe, volume 10
for: 1–5 voices, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693215
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1478713
for: Mixed Choir A Cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 625985
I
Gaillarden/Balli/Allemanden zu vier Stimmen (1583
Consortium
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 554285
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455804
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455739
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280085
for: 4 euphoniums
Sheet music
Item no.: 1280084
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1278913
Symphoniae Sacrae I Nr. 4
for: Voice (tenor), 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 684726
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 648327
Voce Divina - 13 Motetten
for: Voice, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 616630
Voce Divina 11
for: 3 GES BC
PART 3 CHP
Item no.: 577803
for: Treble recorder, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284119
for: Tuba (B-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1284105
for: 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607595
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607592
for: 4 saxophones
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607591
Piano / Organ, Timpani optional
for: 2 baritone horns, 2 euphoniums, 4 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308305
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 422248
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231714
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251585
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1251582
Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance vol. 148
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1021487
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 467787
for: Horn (E-flat), piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290979
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1290973
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123984
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058286
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902764
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1355890
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915148
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119204
Motette a 15
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: SOLI 2 GCH ORCH
Study score
Item no.: 392262
for three Voices
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 3 oices (STB), piano
Study score
Item no.: 392199
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287480
aus "Symphoniae sacrae" (1597)
Harmonic Brass Extended Series
for: 8 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 577854
7 Lieder für Chor oder Solostimmen, teilweise mit Basso continuo aus "Studentenschmaus" und "Venuskränzlein" (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677022
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579168
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579163
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