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: 4 TRP (+ ORG)
Item no.: 122083
dalla villanella alla cantata
Pian & Forte Vol. 186
for: Voice (tenor), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1106036
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109980
for: Recorders [SATB]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1077810
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175137
Geistliches Konzert
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232040
Die Worte der Einsetzung des heiligen Abendmahls. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231989
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 231958
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 231946
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Set of parts
Item no.: 231940
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Favorit choir (at), chapell choir (SSATB), orchestra
Choir score (Favorit choir)
Item no.: 231772
Einzelstimme (Violoncello / Fagott)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230245
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1042964
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388232
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388174
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204826
for: 6 recorders (SSATTB)
Music score
Item no.: 275136
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 232174
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388068
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 387526
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386476
aus "Cantiones sacrae" (1625)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115186
aus "Cantiones sacrae" (1625)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115184
Nr. 13 aus "Vespro della Beata Vergine"
for: für 6 Solstimmen, gemischten Chor (SSATTBB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 1134880
Madrigali - aus Band 8/1 der GA
for: für 6 Singstimmen SSATTB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violine 2
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1134819
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913006
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175233
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231828
aus: Psalmen Davids – "hiebevorn in teutzsche Reime gebracht, durch Cornelium Beckern"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160984
for: BLECH QUINTETT / 2 TrompetenP Horn, 2 POS
Score, Parts
Item no.: 468038
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423738
Für Blockflötenquintett (SSATB
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Single part descant recorder 2
Item no.: 368001
for: 5 INST (BFL/VDG) (ATTTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493188
Thesaurus Musicus 62
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Item no.: 189814
Thesaurus Musicus 20
for: 3 Singstimmen (INST
3 Partituren
Item no.: 462313
für 4-stimmigen Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 386463
Psalm 84
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773499
Messe für achtstimmigen Doppelchor
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883692
DTB: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern Neue Folge Bd. 12 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
Book
Item no.: 229367
Psalm 150. Aus Psalmen Davids
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SSAB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160959
for: 2 GES (ST) KLAV IT ENGL
Item no.: 120530
Geistliche Chor-Music 1648, Nr. 5, SWV 372
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160948
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231971
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 231920
Gleichnis vom vierfachen Ackerfeld. Aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 231913
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Set of parts
Item no.: 231886
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