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.
18 Werke
Motetten, Psalmen, Antiphonen, Sequenzen, Hymni
for: Mixed choir (8-12 parts); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1661605
Canzon IX
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681505
Kirchliche Anlässe, Begräbnis: Glaube, Liebe, Erinnerung, Abschied, Trauer
for: Brass winds (4 parts)
Score, 7 Single part
Item no.: 1644921
aus "Operum Musicorum Posthumorum, Pars Prima"
Nürnberg, 1643
for: 2 violins [recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4239
Madigale für fünfstimmig gemischten Chor (SSATB)
Fontana Casselana
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677052
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1669951
aus: Musicalischer Freuden- vnd Andachtswecker
Nürnberg, 1630
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 5482
Marienvesper
for: SSAATTTTBB, Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 735751
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741259
aus: „Erster Theil Teutscher Villanellen“
Dresden 1627
for: Mixed choir (SSB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6348
Non si levav' ancor
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 784380
Edition Schott
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 756462
Musik für Hochzeiten, Begräbnisse und kirchliche Feiern.
for: Violin, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633476
Gaillarde
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 1671411
aus: "Cantilenae aliquot elegantes ac piae ...", Nürnberg 1546
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3190
16. Jh. (GL 824 ö)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725764
aus "Neue Lieder gantz lieblich zu singen" (Königsberg, 1589)
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1570
nach 1. Korinther, 15,58
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725791
MusicWorks Grade 3
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 816721
from the 1610 Vespers
for: Clarinet, piano
Music score
Item no.: 744639
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108815
for: Frauenchor (SSA); Klavier ad libitum
Choir score
Item no.: 1627971
aus "Neue artige vnd liebliche Täntze ...", Nürnberg 1602
eingerichtet für Streichquartett / Streichorchester
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3920
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664825
aus: "Newer Pavanen, Galliarden, unnd Intraden, auff allerley Instrumenten zu Musiciren..."
eingerichtet für Blechbläserquartett
for: Cornett [trumpet], 3 trombones
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4460
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1590898
Collection for Male Voices
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892892
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5219
from: Courtly Masquing Ayres, London 1621
for recorder quintet
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2844
from Danserye (1551)
for: 6 Trumpets and Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995445
aus "Fiori musicali" (1635)
for: Brass ensemble
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1358
aus "Cento concerti ecclesiastici" (1602)
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2870
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 759168
aus: B. Schmid, Tabulatur Buch Von Allerhand außerlesnen Schoenen Lieblichen Praeludijs, Toccaten, Motetten, Canzonetten, Madrigalien vnnd Fugen ...
Straßburg, 1607
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5651
Musica Practica
for: 5 instruments
Score
Item no.: 1689200
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 733057
for: Schulchor, gemischter Chor (SATB)
Music score
Item no.: 1641933
In Festo Ascensionis Domini
aus: Sacrae Cantiones, 1590
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4599
Regali, Albanus and Sponsus amat sponsam
Early English Church Music 53
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769200
for: Solo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158789
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154852
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041732
arranged for Brass Quintet
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 930799
Novello Tudor Anthems
for: String orchestra
Book
Item no.: 885599
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 3196
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024930
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850687
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822472
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