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.
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Consortium
for: Descant recorder
Ensemble score
Item no.: 340404
for: 6 INST / 4 VL 2 VC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 417941
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 983435
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 676279
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 851973
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 851771
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 853351
Edition De C. Bordes
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852856
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852542
Pour 4 Voix Mixtes
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852302
Klassik
for: 4-Part Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 851307
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 853789
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 853705
for: Mixed choir (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229677
Erstausgabe
Elisabeth Musiquen Bd. 11
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAB, ATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1550416
Pris'Ning Towers
for: Woodwind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829381
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 250526
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 778882
for: 12 Brass Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966857
for: 6 Brass Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966682
for: 7 Brass Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966483
for: 8 Brass Instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966396
Klassik
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 836497
Psalm 103
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 875188
Psalm 121
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: 2. Capellchor (SATB)
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 874133
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 876924
11. Amante alla sua donna
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629638
from Corona della morte di Annibal Caro, Venezia 1568
for: SATBB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629629
3. Deh, dimmi vita mia
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629498
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629527
Set of parts
Item no.: 1629346
(Volkslied)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280872
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280828
Nr. VI (äolisch) und Nr. VII (hypoionisch)
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Set of parts
Item no.: 172789
for: Violin, basso continuo
Item no.: 282798
Gentry Publications
for: A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1003085
From The Mass O Magnum Mysterium
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625707
Madrigal for S.A.T.B., A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1625654
a tre voci
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1136763
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/1 der GA
for: für Chor SSATTBB, 2 Violinen, 4 Posaunen (4 Viole da brazzo) und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135466
Musica religiosa - aus Band 15/3 der GA
for: für Chor SSAATTBB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135433
Lesungsmusik zur Todesstunde Jesu
for: Vox suprema (1. Violine), Countertenor (2. Violine)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 367180
Evangelienspruch für den Sonntag Cantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115057
Doppelchörige Motette
aus der "Centuria" Stettin (1607)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 196187
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1168557
Italienisches Madrigal Nr. 9 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115660
for: 4 clarinets (B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1661383
für 5 Stimmen
for: Mixed Choir [SSATB], Organ And/ or Instruments
Score
Item no.: 989358
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