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.
Weihnachtsmotette
aus "Paradisus musicus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425183
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 365793
Flute & Streicher
for: Flute, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596906
for: GCH (SSATTB) 2 VL 2 VDG 2 BFL 2 TRP 2 POS BC
Score
Item no.: 336245
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Score
Item no.: 566330
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317316
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Soli (SAT/SAA) und 3 Blockflöten (SST/STT/SAT)
Score
Item no.: 487660
aus: Magnificat octo tonorum
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423726
für 2 gem Chöre, Streicher und Bc, Stimmen Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 138733
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 181769
Christmas Collection
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 867112
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Sei gegrüßet Maria SWV 333
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Score
Item no.: 231806
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291641
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726112
for: Wind ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665710
C
for: Cello, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1561226
G
for: Piano, Oboe
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1554972
aus "Neue Weihnachtsliedlein mit vier und acht Stimmen"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 2327
aus "Neue Teutsche Geistliche Lieder, mit dreien Stimmen, nach Art der Welschen Villanellen ..."
Augsburg, 1591
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3582
Christmas motet
for: gemischter Chor (SSAT/SATB/ATBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 795709
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1557764
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1553634
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1478572
Textheft
Lyric book
Item no.: 235905
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204569
A CAPPELLA
CHORPARTITUR
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 341913
for: 4 trumpets, 4 trombones
Item no.: 126974
aus: Fuenfftzig Geistliche Lieder vnd Psalmen
Nürnberg, 1586
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5251
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3253
für vier Blockflöten (AATB oder BBGbSb)
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662704
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Score
Item no.: 576304
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
für 2 Sopran (Tenöre) und Bc
for: 2 voices (SS/TT), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 663926
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973697
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3121
From two Marian Motets
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315907
for: 8 INST (GES)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 567183
Oboe & Streicher
for: Oboe, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596899
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 425216
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Item no.: 225741
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317192
for: Kanon
Music score
Item no.: 1582297
Blasorchester
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589285
Weihnachtsmotette
for: 2 GCH (SSAT SATTB)
Choir score
Item no.: 115703
Weihnachts-Motette für 12 Stimmen in 2 Chören
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 380346
Wir beten dich an, Christe (Pasion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730047
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273536
for Brass Quintet
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 608150
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1642011
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