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.
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Voce Divina 9 - Gesamtausgabe Bd 3
for: 2 voices, basso continuo
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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for: Concert band
Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Sheet music
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Set of parts
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(Facsimile)
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für 10 Instrumentalstimmen in 2 Chören
for: Mixed ensemble (10 parts)
Conductor score
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for: Guitar
Music score
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Recent Researches In The Music Of The Baroque Era Vol 28
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for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383739
for: Piano
Sheet music
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Teil I
Consortium
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Parts
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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: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
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Goodmusic Concert Classics
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 951686
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373873
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373904
for: 4 saxophones (AATBar)
Score, Parts
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Daehn Publications
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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Music score
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for: Descant recorder
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for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
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for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (hardcover, anthology)
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Choir book (Hardcover)
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Music score (anthology)
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for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score
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Music score
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Music score
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Music score
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Set of parts
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for: SSATTB Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Conductor score
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17. Io pur verrò là dove sete - Terza e ultima parte
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
Item no.: 1629403
9. Là tra ’l sangue e le morti egro giacente - Seconda parte
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
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2. O come è gran martire
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
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11. S’andasse Amor a caccia
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
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12. Mentr’io mirava fiso
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
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5. Non giacinti o narcisi
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
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17. Amor s’il tuo ferire
for: SSATB Chor
Choir score
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