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: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 156928
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908392
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899788
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038395
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905322
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041317
for: SAB or SAT
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041120
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040959
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040543
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038501
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1136776
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 850438
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850330
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 275647
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160174
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153260
for: 4 melodic instruments
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 549762
for: 5 Gesang (SSATB), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 446601
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 777184
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1615846
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1355890
from "The Cittharn Schoole"
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355510
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 1115039
for: 2 baritone horns, 2 euphoniums, 4 tubas
Sheet music
Item no.: 1308305
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314883
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314869
for: 4 bassoons
Sheet music
Item no.: 1287480
for: Double bass, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1580255
for: Voice (soprano), guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1306186
for: beliebige Instrumente (SATB); Basso continuo ad libitum
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 155439
for: 4 clarinets
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579168
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 1579163
No. 1 Salve Regina - Lauda Sion Salvatorem
for: hohe Stimme, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 794072
from: "Il Ballarino", 1581
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739568
Edition Schott
for: 4 Blockflöten (SATB) oder 4 Fideln
Ensemble score
Item no.: 741206
Antiphon zur Karfreitagsliturgie
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741114
Cappricciata und Contrappunto
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742551
per sonar a quattro
for: beliebige Instrumente (SATB); Basso continuo ad libitum
Score
Item no.: 737662
Cruda Amarilli
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 743834
per sonare con ogni sorte di stromenti
for: 2 beliebige hohe Instrumente und Basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 747333
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748801
Edition Schott
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 727192
Möseler Chorreihe
for: gemischter Chor (SSAT/SATB/TTBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795691
Hymn from the vesper of the Blessed Virgin Mary
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 795681
Text: unbekannt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755707
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba, snare drum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 597294
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 597214
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