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.
Musikstücke aus dem Mittelalter und der Renaissance eingerichtet für Flöte
for: Flute
Music score (spiral binding), online playback
Item no.: 642614
Songs 1-25
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 144145
Musica per la tastiera
Tastenmusik aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
Német billentyűs muzsika
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 266335
The Original First and Second Books – Including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature
Transcribed for Voice and Guitar
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 228281
für 2 Stimmen (Chor) oder Instrumente (Violen/Blockflöten)
for: 2 voices [violins/ recorders]
Score
Item no.: 662712
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423286
Viersprachige Neuausgabe der spanischen und italienischen Originalausgaben
Espanol, Italiano, English, Deutsch - Mit separater Gambenstimme - 3. Aufl. 2013
for: Viola da gamba
Book
Item no.: 114768
Songs 26–50
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 137444
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
Reneszánsz muzsika két gitárra
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 478430
from the 14th - 18th centuries
for: 3 treble recorders
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 327477
Music Sales America
for: Guitar
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 224103
1603
With Lute Tablature
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 142179
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 57
for: Harpsichord
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 580927
Gesamtausgabe 26 Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 655070
for Voice and Guitar
ars instrumentalis 080
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 109143
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 770916
from the Repertoire of the Mandel Quartet
for: Flexible ensemble
Ensemble score
Item no.: 168026
from the Lute Tabulature
for: Voice, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 112870
Complete Lute Songs I
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 213823
Eine kommentierte Quellensammlung
Pratica Musicale 8
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 475526
Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi SWV 50
Stuttgarter Schütz – Ausgabe
Urtext
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Score
Item no.: 425139
Vorreformatorisches Adventsgebet (Collecte), wahrscheinlich von Martin Luther 1533 eingedeutscht
g-dorisch
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I
for: 2 voices (SS) [TT], organ
Score
Item no.: 421967
for: Voice, piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 381949
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 680929
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II, op. 9 Nr. 16
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422095
Part Songs and Sacred Music for One to Six Voices
Reprint of An English Song Book, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York, 1961
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 149012
(1620)
Vol. II: Tentos (5°-8° tono), Susanas
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1025254
With ornamentation instructions and choreographies
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet) [string orchestra]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 487623
aus: "The First Set of English Madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices"
London, 1598
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4611
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231955
aus: "The First Set of English Madrigals to 3. 4. 5. and 6. voices"
London, 1598
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4610
Edition Schott
for: Voice, guitar
Score
Item no.: 431461
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
for: Mixed choir (SSB) [male chorus (TTB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423224
With ornamentation instructions and choreographies
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616878
Easy pieces to play together
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 736879
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 840961
Psalmen Davids (mixolydisch) (1619)
für 2 Favorit-Chöre (SSAT/ATBB), Cappell-Chor (SSATB) ad lib. und Bc
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAT, ATBarB), double bass, organ; mixed choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423319
Pratica Musicale 2
for: Viola da gamba
Music score
Item no.: 560697
Musica Britannica 6
for: Mixed choir (SATB); lute ad lib.
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 376330
Einfache Duette für 2 Celli
aus der Serie: Duets for String Instruments (Set 3)
for: 2 cellos
Ensemble score
Item no.: 634580
Ancient to Baroque
Eighth Edition
Book
Item no.: 761927
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 231707
Gabrieli, Frescobaldi and others
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 635421
24 Psalms for the Church's Year
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 471534
Reneszánsz táncok
EMB Early Chamber Music
for: Flute [recorder], guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 266363
1595/1593
The English Madrigalists 1
for: 2–3 voices
Choir score
Item no.: 361323
Lieder und Duette für Sopran, Bass, Laute und Viola da gamba
The second Booke of Songs and Ayres, 1600
for: 2 voices (SB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 582996
34 lateinische Motetten für Frauenchor a capella
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 674124
Tudor Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123442
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