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: Voice (high), piano
Voice(s)/Accompaniment
Item no.: 1565382
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 419037
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1478713
for: Mixed choir (SATB); lute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 3932
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3844
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3502
for: 2 violins [cornetts], viola da gamba [trombone], organ
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4289
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4272
for: Voice (tenor), basso continuo
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 4767
for: Trumpet (B-flat), horn (F), 2 trombones
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3389
for: Mixed choir (SSB) [3 soloists] a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3019
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 3004
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5756
for: 2 voices (SS), basso continuo
Organ score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5692
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5656
for: 2 bass instruments
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5492
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 5410
for: 2 recorders (AT)
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 5334
for: 2 violins [recorders/cornets], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5286
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Score, continuo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 6132
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Score, continuo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 6131
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6015
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1820
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1509
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1476
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1464
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2779
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 2472
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2436
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1301
for: Chor (4 Stimmen)
Music score
Item no.: 747445
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 136798
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 456747
for: Brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1346368
for: Kanon
Music score
Item no.: 1209311
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782193
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1178854
for: Mixed choir (ATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123440
for: Organ
Urtextausgabe, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1640090
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338591
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338489
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338453
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338450
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338443
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), [2 Melodieinstrumente, Basso continuo]
Score
Item no.: 1338357
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338242
for: Chor SAATB, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1338211
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