For many centuries, the church has been one of the main sources and means of spreading new music around the world. Sacred and secular music have always influenced each other a great deal, and many forms of music, such as gospels and spirituals, originally made their way into houses of prayer from the secular world, and in the 20th century, so has pop music.
The first rock & pop superstars like Elvis Presley and The Beatles caused an uproar among devout Christians with their swinging hips, banging heads, screaming fans, and all the other ‘obscenities’ that came with them. John Lennon of the Beatles even dreamed of a better world without religion in Imagine, and he offended the Vatican with his statement that the Beatles were “more popular than Jesus”. After several failed attempts to condemn pop music, the church had no choice but to come to terms with it, and to begin to integrate this new form of music.
It was partly through the work of Elvis Presley, a very devout man, that the two musical forces began to reconcile, when he published his spiritual songs and gospel albums (a compilation of which can be found in the issue Songs of Inspiration). In recent years, pop music has inspired the youth movements within the church, and many pop stars have also expressed their faith with songs inspired by religion.
The secular song Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen is one of the most popular songs in modern pop music, and in the church today, and due to its many religious allusions, it is often played at weddings, funerals and many other religious ceremonies and celebrations.
Klaus Heizmann established “Christian Pop Music” in Germany. This new religious music, which is so close to pop music, is categorised as Modern Sacred Song, and all around the English speaking world, pop singers like Sir Cliff Richard and Josh Groban sang songs of a similar style, and inspired people both in arenas, and in the church alike.
Saxophone Alto Solo
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 408752
Contemporary Festival
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 108264
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 170476
as performed by Peter Gabriel
RUNDELs Pops for Brass (Sextett) 9
for: Brass ensemble (6 voices); accordion [guitar], percussion ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1683567
14 neue Psalmvertonungen für drei oder vier gemischte Stimmen (Klavierbegleitung ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655682
(Einmal sehen wir uns wieder)
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 657580
100 beliebte Lieder und Songs nur mit G-Dur, C-Dur und D-Dur
für Gitarre oder Keyboard
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 661844
Das Chorbuch für gemischte Stimmen. Die klingende Chorbibliothek
CD 1-10 komplett
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 299477
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 107709
for: Zither (Viennese tuning)
Item no.: 131177
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Mega Pop
Single edition
Item no.: 296302
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 107693
16 neue Lieder
Audio-CD
Item no.: 657782
Tunes You've Always Wanted To Play (Chester)
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch
Item no.: 181727
CHOR
Popular Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 414389
I do it for you
De Haske Pop Collection
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 150480
aus: Responsoria in Coena Domini, MH 276,9
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 155106
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 674751
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424616
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424597
Playalong 50/50
for: Clarinet
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 615095
Brass Band
for: Brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594980
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261968
Kaleidoscope
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 612184
for mixed chorus (SAB) and piano score
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 271026
"Groovy Eleison"
11 Kompositionen für Klavier über liturgische Weisen aus dem EG
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 674687
Songbook
Item no.: 295788
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 633143
Hal Leonard Music for Fanfare Band
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 745771
Offertorium de venerabili sacramento
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 1. Posaune, 2. Posaune, 3. Posaune
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 443960
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470914
Die größten Hits spielerisch leicht gesetzt für Klavier (Gesang/Gitarre)
Band 7
for: Piano [keyboard/guitar]; voice ad lib.
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 661495
Begleit CDs zu Heft 6 Vollversion + Playback zum Mitspielen + Üben
2 Playback-CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 101119
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 638561
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 641335
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863898
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916972
19 Pop-Kompositionen
for: Brass ensemble
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 635564
Zusatzstimmen zur Akkordeonausgabe
for: Combo
Set of parts (without Accordion)
Item no.: 327069
Mega Pop 15
for: Melody instrument (C), piano
Item no.: 296306
for: Concert band
Item no.: 601204
Bläserstimmen zur Akkordeonausgabe
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Set of parts (without Accordion)
Item no.: 107712
Bläserstimmen zur Akkordeonausgabe
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Set of parts (without Accordion)
Item no.: 107704
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315914
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed Choir [SAB] and Piano
Choir score
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