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.
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355824
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923530
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 146210
for: Frauen- oder Kinderchor (SMezA)
Choir score
Item no.: 281090
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 668224
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 876607
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097515
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 462106
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 455814
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 232088
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 659737
for: Gemischter Chor
PART (20) ENGL DT
Item no.: 197057
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891064
for: 5 recorders (SATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 564715
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309603
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309600
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 877090
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150947
for: 1. Posaune, 2. Posaune, 3. Posaune
Stimme(n), Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 632127
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 231822
for: 3 TRP ORG (KLAV)
Item no.: 433495
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Score
Item no.: 231807
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 293573
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309718
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309385
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 628319
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Single parts 1, 2 in B-flat (tenor saxophone/clarinet)
Item no.: 690348
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Bass guitar (single part)
Item no.: 690349
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 630969
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 349738
Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 230244
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 123441
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309790
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309766
for: Mixed choir (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 326137
for: 2 Singstimmen (SA), 2 Blockflöten (AA), Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423486
for: Mixed Choir [SATB], Organ And/ or Instruments
Score
Item no.: 646440
for: Chor und Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1625665
for: 8 BFL (SAATSATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 344733
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231820
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 869636
for: 2 voices, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 170760
for: 2–4 guitars
Score
Item no.: 309027
for: Mixed choir (SSAT) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309604
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Fagott, 2 Violinen, Viola, Kontrabass, Orgel, [4 Instr]
Score
Item no.: 425149
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 232093
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232090
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