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.
für vier Blockflöten (SATB)
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 662474
New Josquin Edition 11
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 769408
Die Tabulatur, Heft 5
Ausgewählte Werke in ihrer Originalnotation mit Übertragungen für Laute und Gitarre
for: Guitar [lute]
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 138250
Blockflötenensemble, auch andere Blas- oder Streichinstrumente möglich, Bc ad lib.
for: Sopran-Blockflöten (2), Alt-Blockflöte, Tenor-Blockflöte, Bass-Blockflöte, Basso continuo ad libitum
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 117162
4 Blockflöten (SATB/SAAT/SAAB/SSAB/SSTB/AATB/STTB)
Renaissance Dances
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 1209668
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1379434
für Cembalo (3 Blockflöten/3 Gamben) und Basso continuo (Faksimile)
for: 3 violas
Score, CD
Item no.: 553595
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
5 playing scores
Item no.: 624660
30 pieces for harpsichord, virginal or clavichord
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 429783
für Orgel oder andere Tasteninstrumente
for: Organ [harmonium/piano]
Music score
Item no.: 299344
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 182134
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 366327
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355306
for: Klavier (Orgel, Cembalo)
Item no.: 352433
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 355758
for: 2 lutes
Ensemble score
Item no.: 929903
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 337785
for: Voice, harpsichord [piano]
Songbook
Item no.: 258415
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 214440
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 279950
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240001
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 257737
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 240024
for: Cello, guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 198009
Recorders Library
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, harpsichord
Score, Parts
Item no.: 762421
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5431
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3540
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3388
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1813
for: 2 voices (medium) [choir (2 parts)]
Score
Item no.: 1725
for: 2 trumpets (C/B-flat), horn (F), 2 trombones (quintet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3136
A selection for Alto Recorder
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 278839
for: 1–4 flutes
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 691603
für zwei Blockflöten (SA)
for: 2 recorders (SA)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 675103
Musicum Band 1 für 2
Blockflöten, Spielpartitur
for: HOLZBLASINSTRUMENTE BLOCKFLÖTE OHNE TASTENINSTRUMENT AA
Item no.: 181735
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 678504
for: Choral
Item no.: 1378029
from Madrigali Guerrieri e Amorosi. Libro VIII
Set of parts
Item no.: 1204133
Fantasias and Selected Works
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686617
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 749269
for: 5 recorders (SAATB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 355294
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Item no.: 149329
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 413607
for: 4-5 Instrumente, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234145
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231848
for: Mixed choir (5–7 parts), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 676731
for: Mixed choir (SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 261767
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, harpsichord
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 159177
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