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: 3. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 870481
for: Blockflöten (5-6)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 117768
for: Choir
Score
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for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Brass ensemble (15 parts)
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Blockflötenquartett (SSAT)
Ensemble score
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for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 136798
for: 2 violins [recorders/cornets], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
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for: Flexible ensemble
Ensemble score
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for: Soprano/High Voice, Cello and Piano
Buch
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for: Mixed ensemble (10 parts)
Conductor score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
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Choir score
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for: SATB w/opt. Trumpet
Einzelstimme
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Score
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for: Gemischte Chöre (2), Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115926
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115534
for: Countertenor, Instrumentum primum, Instrumentum secundum (1. Viola, Gambe, Posaune)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 876161
for: Cantus, Vox I (1. Violine, Zink (Kornett), Posaune)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
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The six and seven-part motets, nos. 13-29
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Set of parts
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for: Choir
Choir score (Urtext edition)
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for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone (quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
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for: 2 SBFL (VL) BC
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Ensemble score
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for: Brass ensemble
Buch
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for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
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for: für 3 Singstimmen und Instrumente
Partitur
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for: für Singstimme
Vokalpartitur
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for: Guitar
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for school and liturgical use
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Music score (anthology)
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for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSSS), mixed choir (ATTB), basso continuo; mixed choir (SATB), melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
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Music score
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for: 3 guitars
Score, set of parts (anthology)
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
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for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score
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for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
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for: 3 GES BC
PART 3 CHP
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for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score (anthology)
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