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.
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Part 4
Item no.: 370650
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Single part 2
Item no.: 370647
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 370648
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 931711
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747098
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 890223
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 851827
Dans une Etable Obscure
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1090073
The Renaissance Band 18
Item no.: 616984
for: Horn, organ
AUSGABE IN C-DUR
Item no.: 490967
Corpus Of Early Keyboard Music 4
for: Organ
Item no.: 289155
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 314174
Evangelienmotette (Evangelienspruch) zum Neujahrstag
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115537
Evangelienmotette (Evangelienspruch) zum Weihnachtsfest
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115536
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 576761
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355823
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235986
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231821
"Den die Hirten lobeten sehre"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746921
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 885326
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 743616
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 325195
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231834
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236109
per quattro cori
zwei Posaunenstimmen (Tenore Coro III und Tenore Coro IV)
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
2 single parts
Item no.: 1667292
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae I
mit singbarem deutschem Text
for: 2 Singstimmen (ST), Violine, [Zink], Posaune, Fagott, Basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 424074
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085421
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751745
auch als Nummer S149 lieferbar
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309645
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684084
for: GES-M (BAR) GCH KLAV (ORG)
Score
Item no.: 637160
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181771
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202713
Praetorius: Vom Himmel hoch - Bach: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen - Praetorius: Wie schön leucht' uns der Morgenstern - Vulpius: Aus Saba kamen Kön'ge dar
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365130
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 2
Item no.: 661214
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 1
Item no.: 661213
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647981
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 236112
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423517
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 231804
Oratorium
for: SATB or SAATTB Chorus with SSATTB Soli
Book
Item no.: 941393
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733251
Klassik
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 851588
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Single part marimba
Item no.: 690350
for: Male choir
Item no.: 549641
for: SAX ENSEMBLE (AAAATTBARBAR)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 326011
Weihnachtsliedsätze, für 2 3 4 Git (Singst. Blockflöte ad lib)
for: GES GIT (2-4)
Choir score
Item no.: 309030
Cantus Ecclesiae 364
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 314055
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