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: Voice, guitar
Item no.: 247701
V, Fl, Ob / Vc, Vagb, Fag, Pos, Klar,Va, Git oder 2 Git
for: INST GIT (1-2)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 312432
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666833
Horntrios
for: Horn Trio
Buch
Item no.: 176135
Die Musizierstunde – Ensemble Time 109
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671325
for: Trombone Trio and Tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215003
for: Concert band
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038771
Choral / Chorale / Corale / Koraal / Coral
for: Concert band [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677506
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1654102
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1585262
für 8 Singstimmen oder Instrumente in
2 Chören, 8Chorpartituren+Partitur
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) VIER UND MEHR SINGSTIMMEN VIER UND MEHR SINGSTIMMEN OHNE BEGLEITUNG
Item no.: 1546571
Motet
No. 22 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696748
from Madrigali Guerrieri. Libro VIII, No. 7
for eight Voices (SSAATTBB), two Violins and Continuo
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1657551
Collegium Musicum - Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: Consort (4 voices)
Set of parts (4)
Item no.: 623133
Ricercars
Volume 2
Corpus Of Early Keyboard Music 36
Bound copy temporarily out of stock!
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 290330
Consortium
for: 7 melodic instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 226226
Klassische Meisterwerke – in neuer Gestalt
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, 3 Single part
Item no.: 1340719
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1327662
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Ensemble score, online media
Item no.: 1018574
fatte sopra diversi oblighi in partitura – Libro Primo (1615)
Frescobaldi Opere Complete IX
Monumenti Musicali Italiani XXIV
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 695016
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: 4 melodic instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413790
for: 2 VL (BFL) BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413625
Abhandlungen zur Musikgeschichte 21
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 564275
Art of the Netherlanders 6
for: Mixed choir (ATTB) [4 soloists (ATTB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 277171
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 2
Dresdner Kammerchor – Hans-Christoph Rademann
Audio-CD
Item no.: 677176
für 6-stimmigen gemischten Chor, Streicher und Orgel
Text: Lukas 21, 34-36
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Vocal score
Item no.: 380938
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 232135
Geistliches Konzert
Set of parts
Item no.: 232039
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 16
Audio-CD
Item no.: 674363
Acht Sätze für zwei Altblockflöten
Aus dem Cancionero de Upsala 1556
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413508
Acht Tänze für ein Melodieinstrument und Basso continuo
for: Melody instrument (C), basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 766979
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 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 648327
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
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
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 119204
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: Guitar
Item no.: 226456
für vier - bis sechsstimmigen Posaunenchor oder Blechbläserensemble
for: Brass ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 664693
Corpus Of Early Keyboard Musik 36
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 301395
für 3 Blockflöten (SAT(B))
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 648330
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Set of parts
Item no.: 335902
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