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: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 248181
in neuer Übertragung und mit ausführlichem Kommentar von Marc Lewon
for: Voice, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 371724
Songs 26–50
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 137444
Suiten Nr. 7 (c-moll/C-dur) und 8 (d-moll) (komplett) (complete)
for: Descant (soprano) recorder [tenor recorder], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 210187
Early Recorder Music by G.P. Cima & G. Frescobaldi for Descant (Soprano) Recorder and basso continuo
DOWANI 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 491047
The Beginners' collection
for: Recorder
Music score
Item no.: 330050
Stund - Jesus Se Tenait S-Lza Croix
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 239986
für Sopran (Tenor) und Bc
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 281996
Aus "Premier livre de tabulature de guiterre"
Paris 1551. Tabulatur-Reproduktion mit Übertragung
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 433986
Coppenraths Kleine Reihe 3
for: VL (OB/FL) POS (VC/FAG/VDG) BC (+ KB)
Score
Item no.: 297786
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, harpsichord
Ensemble score
Item no.: 215179
The Platinum Series
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 486360
Complete Guitar Works - Urtext for Guitar Volume 1
New Revised Edition
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 682558
d'intavolatura di cembalo e organo (1627-1637)
Girolamo Frescobaldi – Opere Complete III
Monumenti Musicali Italiani V
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 694476
One Smiling Summer Morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907747
Pieces from the 16th to the 18th Century
New Edition in one volume
for: Treble recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 351620
Eine Satzlehre zur Vokalpolyphonik des 16. Jahrhunderts
dritte Auflage 2016
Music lesson book (hardcover)
Item no.: 361277
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686609
New Josquin Edition 22
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1669320
The English School of Lutenist Song Writers. Second Series
for: Voice, lute
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1056896
Musica britannica 18
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 664037
According to John
for: Soloists and SATB a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 906535
English Anthems/ Liturgical Music
Early English Church Music 38
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768889
Ancient to Baroque
Seventh Edition
Book
Item no.: 1677416
The English Madrigalists 8
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 771728
Music Sales America
for: Guitar
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 224103
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317714
Choruses Selected by Morris Hayes
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 317681
The English Madrigalists 36
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 272055
Klassik
for: Double bass, piano
Buch
Item no.: 277598
Pratica Musicale 6
Music score (reprint, hardcover)
Item no.: 371149
for: 5 voices, 5 viole da gamba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 478152
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633219
Vorreformatorisches Adventsgebet (Collecte), wahrscheinlich von Martin Luther 1533 eingedeutscht
g-dorisch
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232134
aus: Geistliche Chormusik SWV 394
Mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Favorit choir (SSATTBB), basso continuo; 7 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231853
Psalmmotette (dorisch) aus: Psalmen Davids (1619)
möglich
for: 2 mixed choirs (Fav. SATB, SATB), double bass, orgam; mixed choir (Cap. SSATB), 5 melodic instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231702
for: Dulcimer
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 827783
für Soli (TT), gemischten Chor (SATTB) und Basso continuo
aus: Selva morale et spirituale – Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) [5 solo voices], basso continuo; 5 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 666524
So Ben Mi Ch'à Bon Tempo
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano, flute, hand drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745895
The Lost Songs of English Renaissance Comedy
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 876781
Letters and Documents in Translation
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 781109
(with "In the Bleak Midwinter")
Based on a melody by Thomas Tallis
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 691856
from: Psalms of David SWV 32, 1619
Scripture: Ps 136
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; chapell choir 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1651793
(A Small White Hen)
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 777529
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914706
Libero Quarto
Monumenti Musicali Italiani X
Girolamo Frescobaldi Opere complete
for: Harpsichord [organ]
2 music scores
Item no.: 744998
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878254
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