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secular music have always influenced each other a great deal, and many forms of music, such as gospels and spirituals, originally made their way into houses of prayer from the secular world, and in the 20th century, so has pop music.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.
for: Voice, guitar [accordion/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 466025
for: String orchestra, piano, drums
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616731
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 348168
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 649385
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 140304
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 674750
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642705
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8054
Ab
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035356
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 487466
from the Album "In Winter" (Katie Melua with the Gori Women's Choir)
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), guitar
Choir score
Item no.: 1667410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 473072
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 488599
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8039
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642703
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 339262
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 444124
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 416130
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 674749
for: Concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259895
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 212169
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score (with text and chords)
Item no.: 161151
Offertorium de venerabili sacramento
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 2 violins, 3 trombones ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234906
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424594
for: for Choir (SATB), Band
Chorbuch (mit Akkorden)
Item no.: 495179
für Frauenchor und Klavier
for: Women's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 334146
Bläserstimmen zur Akkordeonausgabe
for: Melody instrument (treble clef)
Set of parts (without Accordion)
Item no.: 107698
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 931171
Single edition
Item no.: 433362
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424604
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 674827
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 769310
for: Clarinet
Item no.: 408779
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 484465
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 557026
for: Piano [keyboard/guitar]; voice ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 586220
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score
Item no.: 775109
for: Marching band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 346405
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 622898
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8059
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass guitar, percussion ad lib.
Score, audio files
Item no.: 8002
for easy piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 301741
for: Voice
Buch
Item no.: 171301
for: Gemischter Chor, Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430843
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 136108
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 443962
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 496654
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