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.
Komm, Heilger Geist, o Schöpfer du
G-Mixolydisch
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549917
Aus: Il settimo libro de’ madrigali a cinque voci
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1340486
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340466
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), [2 Melodieinstrumente], Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1340381
Doxologie und Amen im 2. Ton
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340337
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340200
aus: Psalmen Davids, hiebevorn in teutzsche Reime gebracht, durch Cornelium Beckern [...]
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1340142
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340061
for: Gemischter Chor, [KB Orgel)
Score
Item no.: 463411
aus: Tristitiae Remedium
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 696719
from: Psalms of David
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgaben
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 696259
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: 2 voices (SS), organ
Score
Item no.: 423220
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: 2 voices (SS), organ
Score
Item no.: 423207
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422245
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
Veni redemptor gentium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 421968
aus: Selva morale e spirituale
for: Gemischter Chor (SSATTB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236097
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 235640
aus: Fantasie Ricercari Contrapunti a tre voci
Ausgabe für tiefe Stimmen
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5335
The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ
for: Five soloists, SATTB, Strings Quartet and Organ Continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1041731
Psalm 129. Motet à grand choeur
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 655892
"Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend"
Sacred concerto for choir, 2 cornetts (cornett, trumpet), 3 trombones and basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts, 3 trombones, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685636
aus: Symphoniae sacrae II
for: Soli SA, 2 Vl, Bc
Score
Item no.: 637910
for: GCH (4-5)
Choir book
Item no.: 633271
Miniatur eines unbekannten Malers; Öl auf Holz, nach 1900 entstanden
Postcard
Item no.: 1665388
Schütz-Gesamteinspielung, Band 17
2 Audio-CDs
Item no.: 1665256
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 366381
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 334398
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312338
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Gemischter Chor (Favoritchor SATB, SATB, [8 Instrumente, Kontrabass, Orgel]
Score
Item no.: 423811
aus: Italienische Madrigale
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423244
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Gemischter Chor (SATTB), [5 Instrumente, Kontrabass, Orgel]
Score
Item no.: 423233
for: 4 mixed choirs
Score
Item no.: 425161
Tragedia di lieto fine in un prologo e tre atti (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460636
Ensemble Music For Recorders
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 336734
Seven madrigals by Luca Marenzio
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 333548
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317348
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 774214
über ein altes deutsches Lied "Mein junges Leben hat ein End"
for: 4 Blockflöten (SAAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355336
for Brass Double Quartet
for: Wind ensemble (8 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 302308
for: 3 trumpets, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781235
Musik für Hochzeiten, Begräbnisse und kirchliche Feiern.
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633463
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1631141
3. Cor mio, non mori? e mori!
for: SATTB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629683
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628279
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 570607
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564569
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. Sämtliche Orgel- und Clavierwerke 4,2 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 482119
for: Brass ensemble
CD
Item no.: 1020129
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