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.
(Facsimile)
for: Lute
Item no.: 605093
Recent Researches In The Music Of The Baroque Era Vol 28
for: Voice, basso continuo
Item no.: 484646
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1340604
Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951686
Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1060222
Music score
Item no.: 775859
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771661
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 769067
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768936
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (hardcover, anthology)
Item no.: 930304
for: Mixed choir (4–13 parts) a cappella
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 929678
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score
Item no.: 347520
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score
Item no.: 314072
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 300243
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 137547
for: 3 viole da gamba
Set of parts
Item no.: 931617
for: 3-Part Mixed Choir a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933787
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935275
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 934447
Musiche Varie – Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 633100
Classic Edition
for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 642651
for: 3 trumpets [2 trumpets, horn], trombone, tuba
Item no.: 335041
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996425
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 2 tubas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995971
for: 6 Trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995320
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996800
für 10 Instrumente in 2 Chören (SSATB+ATTBB)
Mehrchörigkeit um 1600
for: Mixed ensemble (10 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622962
for: 6 voices
Score
Item no.: 774213
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 260168
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 900100
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 292720
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 864088
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1326894
for: 5 brass winds
Score
Item no.: 924428
(Facsimile)
Score
Item no.: 174787
for: Strings, harpsichord
Score
Item no.: 316100
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score
Item no.: 1616554
for: Mixed Choir [SATB], Organ And/ or Instruments
Score
Item no.: 989589
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1658435
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 635335
Score
Item no.: 580926
for: 5 voices
Score
Item no.: 664829
for: Flexible ensemble
Score
Item no.: 661656
for: 4–8 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160561
for: 6 voices
Score
Item no.: 1160541
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 771276
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 771271
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