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.
Earliest Organ Music (ca. 1330 - 1448)
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 282728
Songs 1-25
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 144145
Baroque and Classical Era
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 237869
Part 3. Modern and Contemporary Music
for: Organ
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1215729
Viersprachige Neuausgabe der spanischen und italienischen Originalausgaben
Espanol, Italiano, English, Deutsch - Mit separater Gambenstimme - 3. Aufl. 2013
for: Viola da gamba
Book
Item no.: 114768
The Romantic Period
for: Organ
Study book
Item no.: 293430
für 2 Sopran-Instrumente (Violine, Blockflöte, Zink) und Basso continuo
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 7
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340386
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 248181
Psalmen, Pavanen, Allemanden, Couranten, Balletten etc.
für Sopranblockflöte
for: Descant recorder
Item no.: 129157
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 5
for: 2 violins [descant recorders/cornetts], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 298050
for: Descant recorder
Item no.: 167854
Vol. 1
Music for Woodwind Instruments 15
for: 2–3 recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 333727
for: Descant recorder
Item no.: 129159
The Original First and Second Books – Including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature
Transcribed for Voice and Guitar
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 228281
Parte prima
Italienische Diminutionslehren 3
for: Voice (melody instrument]
Music score
Item no.: 195190
for Voice and Guitar
ars instrumentalis 080
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 109143
from the 14th - 18th centuries
for: 3 treble recorders
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 327477
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
24 Psalms for the Church's Year
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 471534
Partitura urtext senza voltate
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1207800
aus: Psalmen Davids, dorisch (1619)
Konzert für Favoritchor und Bc (Capellchor ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (favourite choir SATB), basso continuo; 2 mixed choirs (chapel choirs SATB, SATB), 8 melodic instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231744
Reneszánsz muzsika két gitárra
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 478430
for: 4 recorders (ATTB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 245694
Kurtzweilig Quotlibet aus "Libro delle Pavane..."
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 419059
for: Alt solo, Basso continuo
Singpartitur, Stimme, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 178513
Easy chamber musi from the 16th, 17th and 8th century
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 418917
One Smiling Summer Morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907747
Early Recorder Music by G.P. Cima & G. Frescobaldi for Descant (Soprano) Recorder and basso continuo
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 491047
Pieces from the 16th to the 18th Century
New Edition in one volume
for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 351620
for: Trumpet, trombone, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418002
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
4 music scores (Urtext)
Item no.: 582227
for five instruments
Thesaurus Musicus 32
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
5 playing scores
Item no.: 292156
für hohe Singstimme (Sopran/Tenor) und Basso Continuo
Cantio Sacra 75
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 281997
Ausgewählt und für den praktischen Gebrauch herausgegeben
for: 2 voices (medium), organ [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 385262
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 112924
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/baritone), 2 violins [2 recorders]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 633042
Die Tabulatur 12
Ausgewählte Werke in ihrer Originalnotation mit Übertragungen für Laute und Gitarre
for: Lute [guitar/piano]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 214826
Score
Item no.: 549806
Amsterdam 1551
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 560002
Barock und Klassik
Ausgabe enthält Text- und Notenband
for: Organ
Book and music score
Item no.: 279331
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 990885
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906025
Beliebte Melodien aus 'The Dancing Master'
Country Dances
für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 668723
for: 3 bass recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 366240
5 Kanzonen in variablen Besetzungen für Blockflötenensemble, Renaissance- oder andere Instrumente
Frutti Musicali
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 117765
Variations on Songs and Dances
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 304381
for: Keyboard instrument
Music score
Item no.: 304496
Leichte Vortragsstücke für Sopran-Blockflöte und Basso continuo (Klavier)
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 604425
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