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: Cornett [trumpet], 3 trombones
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4460
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4395
for: 2 violins [recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4239
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4222
for: 2 violins, viola, cello; double bass ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3920
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1570
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1455
for: Brass ensemble
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1358
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1907
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5651
for: Mixed choir (SAABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5600
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 5482
for: Voice (tenor), piano [harpsichord/organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5453
for: Violin, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633476
for: Trombone, organ
Score
Item no.: 1633469
for: Bassoon, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 1633463
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5419
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5338
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5335
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAT, ATBB) a cappella
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5313
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5219
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4845
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 186048
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones [horn (F), trombone] (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2942
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2870
for: Brass winds (4 parts)
Score, 7 Single part
Item no.: 1644921
for: 8 wind instruments
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661578
for: Classical guitar
Music score (with TABs), Audio-CD
Item no.: 677708
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 255312
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 238714
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 238713
for: Gemischter Chor, Basso continuo ad libitum
Chorpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 617770
for: Classical guitar [lute]
Music score
Item no.: 393992
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 820181
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412583
for: Guitar
Single edition
Item no.: 1671411
for: Choir a Cappella
Score
Item no.: 133545
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score
Item no.: 922849
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 315354
for: Brass ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 117405
for: Sopran-Blockflöten (2), Alt-Blockflöte, Tenor-Blockflöte, Bass-Blockflöte, Basso continuo ad libitum
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 117163
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 482119
Tragedia di lieto fine in un prologo e tre atti (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460643
Tragedia di lieto fine in un prologo e tre atti (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460636
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 17
Score, Parts
Item no.: 364415
Motetten Nr. 26 - 28 aus "Cantiones sacrae 1625" (Sammelband, Urtextausgabe) (Collection, Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 115195
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115185
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 597073
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