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: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388174
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1204826
for: 6 recorders (SSATTB)
Music score
Item no.: 275136
(Venedig 1543)
for: 6 voices
Score
Item no.: 1654974
D-Dur
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Score
Item no.: 1160720
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 232174
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388068
für 5-stimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 387879
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 387526
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386476
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 389578
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1000596
aus "Cantiones sacrae" (1625)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115186
aus "Cantiones sacrae" (1625)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115184
Nr. 13 aus "Vespro della Beata Vergine"
for: für 6 Solstimmen, gemischten Chor (SSATTBB) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 1134880
Madrigali - aus Band 8/1 der GA
for: für 6 Singstimmen SSATTB, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo Violine 2
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1134819
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913006
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1136700
aus: Cantiones sacrae
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1136690
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175233
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231828
aus: Psalmen Davids – "hiebevorn in teutzsche Reime gebracht, durch Cornelium Beckern"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160984
for: BLECH QUINTETT / 2 TrompetenP Horn, 2 POS
Score, Parts
Item no.: 468038
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423738
Für Blockflötenquintett (SSATB
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Single part descant recorder 2
Item no.: 368001
for: 5 INST (BFL/VDG) (ATTTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 493188
Thesaurus Musicus 62
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Item no.: 189814
Klassik
for: Choral
Buch
Item no.: 835300
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soli [SAATB] and Orchestre
Score
Item no.: 984081
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996438
Thesaurus Musicus 20
for: 3 Singstimmen (INST
3 Partituren
Item no.: 462313
für 4-stimmigen Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 386463
Psalm 84
aus "Psalmen Davids"
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score (Choir 2)
Item no.: 773499
Messe für achtstimmigen Doppelchor
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883692
Audivi vocem de coelo
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1032132
aus: Italienische Madrigale
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587021
aus: Italienische Madrigale
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587020
Dialogo à 8. Aus: Italienische Madrigale
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB
Score
Item no.: 1587008
DTB: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern Neue Folge Bd. 12 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
Book
Item no.: 229367
for: Singstimme (T), Flöte / Violine, Fagott / Bassposaune, Violine, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 229775
New Josquin Edition 22
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769432
Psalm 150. Aus Psalmen Davids
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SSAB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160959
for: 2 GES (ST) KLAV IT ENGL
Item no.: 120530
for: Voice (low)
Book
Item no.: 818765
for: 4 Guitars
Book
Item no.: 820457
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