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: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 211173
for: 5 Singstimmen (Blockflöte/Viola da gamba) (ATTTB)
Item no.: 473927
The Art of the Netherlanders 1470–1530
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) [5 instruments]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 194124
Bam 91 Bibliothek Alter Musik
for: 3 voices [melodic instruments]
Score
Item no.: 194941
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 246616
Das Chorwerk 42
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223315
for: 4 INST (BFL/VDG)
Item no.: 476055
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 472176
15 Weltliche Madrigale
Johann Hermann Schein. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 8
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Gesamtausgabe, Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 369307
Motette
aus "Israelsbrünnlein"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115528
Motette
aus "Israelsbrünnlein"
for: Gemischter Chor (SSATB), Basso continuo (Orgel, Cembalo)
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115526
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 115127
Psalm 103 aus "Psalmen Davids" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 115068
Early Music Library 5
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 432244
Sonaten, Capricci, Ricercare u.a.
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 432297
in der Originalfassung
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB)
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 114667
Geistliches Konzert
aus "Symphoniae sacrae I"
for: Bass solo, Posaunen (4), Basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 114622
Italienisches Madrigal Nr. 17
for: Choir
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115667
Motette zum 19. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
aus "Deutsche Evangeliensprüche" (1623)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115602
Psalm 8
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: Choir, orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 582414
Guitar Miniatures 1
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 579453
Thema
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355351
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355308
Sfogava con le stelle
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 354264
Zeitschrift Fuer Spielmusik
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 142356
The Renaissance 3
for: 5 instruments (ATTBB/SAATT)/
Score, Parts
Item no.: 144761
for: Recorder Quartet SATB
Score, Parts
Item no.: 143800
for: AATB Recorders
Score, Parts
Item no.: 143672
for: Flute, guitar
Buch
Item no.: 143383
Sonate concertate, Libro primo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 160339
per sonar a quattro
for: beliebige Instrumente (SATB); Basso continuo ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 155438
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 155353
Brass Music 9
for: 2 TRP HRN POS (TUBA)
Item no.: 163397
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Score
Item no.: 157646
Tänze und Variationen für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 148173
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 255494
for: für Soli: Sopran, Bariton, Tenor, 3 Violen, Violoncello, Kontrabass, Cembalo
Score
Item no.: 261056
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 261047
Klassik
for: Gitarrenduo
Book
Item no.: 238692
Early Music Library 144
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Score
Item no.: 290377
With Percussion
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 318436
(Urtext)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 549573
Alcalá 1626 – Urtext
Tientos Nos. 32-40
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 549571
for: 2 bass viols
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 457452
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 428104
Leichte Tanzmusik aus Renaissance und Barock für Musizierkreise
for: Flexible ensemble
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 297385
Early Dance Music 16
for: 5 instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 275234
Choral
for: Solo S + Solo T + SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 458412
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