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
Choir score
Item no.: 1175234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620793
Psalm 103
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: 1. Capellchor (SSATB)
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 876792
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906895
für 4 Trompeten, Horn, 4 Posaunen und Tuba
Trompete 1
for: KAMMERMUSIK BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE NONETTE UND MEHR
Item no.: 1616493
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931740
GIA Evoking Sound
for: SATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159737
Madrigali - aus Band 2 der GA
for: für Chor SSATB
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1135239
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 972120
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110009
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110468
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Alto Voice
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911964
Klassik
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 894900
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soli [SAATB] and Piano
Score
Item no.: 984054
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 926166
Oster-Oratorium
for: Bass (Chorst.)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869644
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 641016
Coro 1 und 2
Die Chorpartitur bietet beide Chöre textiert
for: Männerchor: TTTTB, Gemischter Chor: SSB
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 877755
Deutsches Konzert
aus "Symphoniae sacrae III"
for: Basso continuo, Cello
Stimme
Item no.: 880671
Klassik
for: 5-Part Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 852160
Mixed choir a capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1348123
Or Suis Je Bien Au Pire
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992640
Je Voy Des Glissantes Eaux
for: 4-Part Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 992514
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 993181
4 Voix Mixtes - Chansons Francaises
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 993169
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1098092
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1024965
18. Leggiadretto Clorino
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629607
Gradualia I (1605)
MCM - Masterworks of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648225
Monumenta Musica Neerlandica Vol.10
for: Voices
Item no.: 1025312
Der Schwanengesang – No. 7
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1161041
Der Schwanengesang – No.10 (Psalm 119)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160987
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 818277
New Josquin Edition 23
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769434
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157424
for: SAATTB
Choir score
Item no.: 1172301
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931784
Die deutsche Passion (1568)
In einer Neufassung von Ralf Kotz
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 677309
17. Nisa, io per te vivo
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629468
3 Madrigaux A
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 992616
Early Dance Music
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score
Item no.: 212827
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455760
for: 5 instruments
Item no.: 229186
Motette für 4 Singstimmen (Blockflöten/Gamben)
aus: Gradualia, Buch 1 (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
Music score
Item no.: 561537
Bibliothek Alter Musik Bam 78
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Item no.: 227820
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