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.: 1175123
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 690346
O Banquet of Holy Love
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154900
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 32
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 850743
for: SATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1039660
Violin, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1156277
SSAATTBB CHOR UND CONTINUO, SWV
ANH. 6 CHORPARTITUR (DT)
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Item no.: 1616175
Fű, fa
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851074
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909770
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1173576
for: 6 Trombones and Bass Trombone
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829769
1. Stimme
for: BLECHBLASINSTRUMENTE TROMPETE VIER UND MEHR TROMPETEN
Item no.: 1616704
This glad day He appeared
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038228
for: Choral
Choir score
Item no.: 1171486
for: Trumpet (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1623947
Motet for Six Mixed Voices, Or Thre Women's Voices With Strings Or Three Men'sw Voices With Strings
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625755
Klassik
for: SATTB
Choir score
Item no.: 1175463
Lobet Den Herren - S.A.T.B., A Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1626201
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1172885
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 901640
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1173048
Musica Britannica 45
for: Mixed choir (2–5 parts) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 930512
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903346
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159162
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915808
(Sie Ist Mir Lieb') Madrigal for S.A.T.B.
Choir score
Item no.: 1625865
(My Tears Run)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626275
Eram quasi agnus
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040213
for: Opera
Buch
Item no.: 1136898
for: Voice
Choir score
Item no.: 1175060
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038616
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924202
for: SATB antiphonal
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038799
GIA Evoking Sound
for: SSATTB
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158824
Chor und Klavier
Chorpartitur
for: Chor und Klavier
Choir score
Item no.: 1626167
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 929525
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040789
for: 5 Trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829954
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 28
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850739
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151638
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891788
for: Alto Solo, SSAA and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041748
for: 2 lutes
Item no.: 1667260
First Book of Madrigalls to Foure Voyces, 1594
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1620036
For Concert Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1619621
Born Is the Lord Emanuel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039330
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