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.
Eine Satzlehre zur Vokalpolyphonik des 16. Jahrhunderts
dritte Auflage 2016
Music lesson book (hardcover)
Item no.: 361277
for: 2 guitars
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1433
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3270
for: Organ
Music score
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Pieces from the 16th to the 18th Century
New Edition in one volume
for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 351620
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 486360
The Beginners' collection
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 330050
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1154
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915914
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Sämtliche Orgel- und Clavierwerke 1-4 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 558804
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
4 music scores (Urtext)
Item no.: 582227
Die Tabulatur 8
Ausgewählte Werke in ihrer Originalnotation mit Übertragungen für Laute und Gitarre
for: Lute [guitar]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 338621
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 765665
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: 2 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 414040
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 112924
for: Trumpet, trombone, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418002
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113376
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 740600
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355345
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355333
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 142178
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 464492
for five instruments
Thesaurus Musicus 32
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
5 playing scores
Item no.: 292156
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 281997
for: Guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 260498
for: Brass ensemble (5 parts)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 279933
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 898013
Tänze des 16. Jahrhunderts für 5 Blockflöten
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 182048
for: Organ
Organ score, Piano score
Item no.: 378931
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5272
for: 2 recorders (ST)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6372
for: 2 recorders (AT)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6349
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3412
Masters of the North German School for Organ 36
111 four-part Chorale Settings for Organ or Keyboard
for: Organ manuals [piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 638839
for: 2 violins [recorders/cornets], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4654
Ausgewählt und für den praktischen Gebrauch herausgegeben
for: 2 voices (medium), organ [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 385262
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543357
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3064
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2978
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/baritone), 2 violins [2 recorders]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633042
für (Mezzo-)Sopran und B.c. (komplett) (complete)
for: GES-M BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 278583
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012925
for: Trumpet, organ
Item no.: 460699
Cantio Sacra 40
for: Voice (alto), basso continuo
Item no.: 169532
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231745
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Sämtliche Orgel- und Clavierwerke 1,1 (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 165912
Sämtliche Lieder im Urtext – Band 1
for: Voice, guitar
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 216071
Die Tabulatur 6
Ausgewählte Werke in ihrer Originalnotation mit Übertragungen für Laute und Gitarre
for: Lute [guitar]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 217500
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