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secular music have always influenced each other a great deal, and many forms of music, such as gospels and spirituals, originally made their way into houses of prayer from the secular world, and in the 20th century, so has pop music.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: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8051
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score, audio files
Item no.: 8015
for: Choir
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 602979
De Haske Pop Collection
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 678656
Pop-Oratorium - Das Projekt der tausend Stimmen
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 664810
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 457386
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 335320
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Item no.: 327067
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424611
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424596
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 180698
for: Guitar
Music score (with TABs)
Item no.: 170476
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 1664001
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 674825
für gem Chor (Z.T mit Solo und Instrumenten) Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 634788
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 578842
Gospel Pianoschule für fortgeschrittene Spieler
Professionell spielen und begleiten
for: Piano
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 477436
Band 2: Beliebte und bekannte Folkloresongs und Traditionals
for: Flexible wind band
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 107671
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 107703
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1167377
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 656262
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 659999
for: Fanfare Band (brass & saxophones)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 775127
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 602254
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 153344
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278609
Music score
Item no.: 416946
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook (Hardcover)
Item no.: 617822
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 223893
for: Piano
Item no.: 335238
for: Combo
Set of parts (without Accordion)
Item no.: 224080
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 107710
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 408752
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 108264
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score, audio files
Item no.: 8014
for: Piano
Audio-CD
Item no.: 149656
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 618768
for: beliebige Gesangstimmen (solistisch oder chorisch) oder Melodie-Instrumente
Item no.: 353655
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
Mega Pop
Single edition
Item no.: 296302
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 674751
für Akkordeon (Keyboard)
(mit Texten und Akkorden)
for: Accordion [keyboard]
Music score
Item no.: 107693
aus: Pop-Chorbuch zum EG: Morning has broken
Instrumentalstimmen-Set
for: Choir, band
Set of parts (Band)
Item no.: 424616
16 neue Lieder
Audio-CD
Item no.: 657782
14 neue Psalmvertonungen für drei oder vier gemischte Stimmen (Klavierbegleitung ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655682
Das Chorbuch für gemischte Stimmen. Die klingende Chorbibliothek
CD 1-10 komplett
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 299477
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 155106