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 (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160052
for: SAB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159843
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159686
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 296131
for: 3 trumpets, 5 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681561
for: Brass ensemble (8 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1681505
for: 6 trumpets, 4 trombones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1678614
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 113204
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549918
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549917
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 475472
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 561712
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 427774
for: 2 ukuleles
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1209797
Öl auf Leinwand um 1630
Postcard
Item no.: 227147
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985273
for: Trompeten (2), Posaunen (2)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 303911
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902433
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041732
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038528
20 Pieces
Schott Anthology Series
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology), CD (mp3)
Item no.: 1711983
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 930034
Psalm 25
aus dem "Hugenottenpsalter"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677145
für 1-2 tiefe Instrumente in C, Klavier (Git), Gesang (tief) ad lib
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Item no.: 1669822
Collection Zahir
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1697361
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 211173
Vol. 10/II - Edizione critica a cura di Alessandro Borin-David Bryant (testi in italiano e inglese)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1316855
The Souls of the Righteous
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039343
for: Two-Part Mixed Voices, Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915333
Hail, Hail, True Body
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040024
for: Trumpet (C), trombone, piano [organ]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781257
for: Trombone Trio
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215004
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037742
Lamb of God
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039203
The Angel Said Unto the Shepherds
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040146
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038422
Mass Ordinary
General Use
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Noten
Item no.: 643799
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041858
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1050562
for: Unison Voices or SA, Keyboard [Organ or Piano], opt.Cello/Bass Instr.
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912974
à 8 in zwei Chören
Brand's Brass Programm 16
for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones [2 horns, 2 trombones]
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1681585
for: 6 BFL (SAATBB/AAATBB)
Item no.: 330462
für vier Stimmen (Instrumente) und Orgel
aus Promptuarium harmonicum
for: Flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663324
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660154
Madrigal
Mädele, heer mik singen
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666987
Motet
No. 8 from "Geistliche Chor-Music"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), basso continuo; 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696753
Fantasie für Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG WELTLICH EINZELN
Study score
Item no.: 1344857
Dowland, Morley, Hume, Anonymus für 3 Gitarren
for: 3 guitars
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 1660676
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