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 (SSATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 3423
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3379
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3308
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1508
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1453
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2110
for: Trumpet (B-flat), trombone
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1920
for: Violin [descant recorder/oboe/cornett], basso continuo
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1906
for: Voices, flexible ensemble (4 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 1210548
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1703495
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1023945
for: Clarinet, cello, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 665095
Motet
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 635058
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score
Item no.: 144199
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 287201
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 224806
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones [horn, trombone] (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 279940
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187403
for: Treble recorder, violin, viola, harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671933
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1669951
Canzone e Sonate (1615)
for: 3 trumpets, 5 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681561
Canzon IX
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681505
Sacrae Symphoniae (1597) 9
for: 6 trumpets, 4 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678614
für flexibles Ensemble - Ensemble ad libitum Band 113
Partitur und 17 Stimmen
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661788
for: Bassoon, piano
Music score
Item no.: 792036
Ensemble De Flutes [2Xut, Alto, Basse]
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1072864
Gaillarde
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 1671411
for: Solo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158789
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154852
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041732
for: Mixed Choir A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 998630
Geistliche Musik
for: SATBB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343385
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037705
for 8 brass instruments in 2 choruses
for: 8 wind instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661578
für 10 Blechbläser
Edition Grassauer
for: Brass ensemble; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1351581
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909132
for: SSA and SSAA a Cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038894
Sing me a song
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037580
In natali Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038528
for: Two-Part Treble Voices [SS Children or Women] and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041914
sorte de instrumenti für 3-22 Instrumente
Studienpartitur
for: KAMMERMUSIK SONSTIGE BESETZUNGEN
Study score
Item no.: 1345260
with Canon in D
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121213
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914131
Mark Foster
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123544
Clarinet Quartet - Grade 3
for: 4 clarinets
Book
Item no.: 1106941
SATB w/opt. Trumpet
for: SATB w/opt. Trumpet
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855387
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159686
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