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: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 803988
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3069
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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for: 2 voices
Score
Item no.: 2840
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2699
for: 2 violins [cornetts], viola da gamba [trombone], organ
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4276
for: Mixed choir (SAAB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 4199
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4159
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), 3 trombones
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4103
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3806
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 315056
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315049
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 907022
for: TTBB Double Choir a Cappella
Einzelstimme
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for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 910585
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 315046
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813885
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799765
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798355
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811766
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808691
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809846
for: SSATTB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805529
for: Keyboard instrument
Music score
Item no.: 130066
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 324531
for: Voice (soprano), basso continuo
Item no.: 281992
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE BLOCKFLÖTE OHNE TASTENINSTRUMENT SATB
Item no.: 212237
for: Cantus, Quintus, Countertenor, Tenor, Bassus, Basso continuo ad libitum
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 633668
for: 2 recorders (ST)
Music score
Item no.: 109101
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 131002
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355259
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5395
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5388
for: 2 violins [recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5387
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5340
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5339
for: Cornet [trumpet (C/B-flat)], 3 trombones (ATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5274
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5264
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6062
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5773
for: 2 voices (high), basso continuo
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5766
for: 2 recorders (AT)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5719
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5701
for: Mixed choir (STB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5681
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5611
for: Mixed choir (ATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5601
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3615
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