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secular music have always influenced each other a great deal, and many forms of music, such as gospels and spirituals, originally made their way into houses of prayer from the secular world, and in the 20th century, so has pop music.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.
Holiday medley
Pop Specials for Strings
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673410
Favorite Tunes in Easy-to-play Arrangements
for: Accordion
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 137628
88 Hits aus fünf Jahrzehnten Rock-Pop-Geschichte
Die Song-Collection für den Musikunterricht - Liederbuch (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: School choir
Songbook
Item no.: 211220
for: Voice, guitar [keyboard/accordion/piano]
Songbook
Item no.: 488037
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 579480
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554460
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Single edition
Item no.: 405671
for: Piano [keyboard/ guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 488496
for: Zither (6 chords)
Backing sheet
Item no.: 139191
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049339
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1035486
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036709
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1044354
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027354
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1027347
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761176
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 558382
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 175837
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806800
for: Trombone / Euphonium BC/TC
Book, CD
Item no.: 215679
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812053
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798340
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000966
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1034562
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1027976
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746060
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 805477
for: Voice, guitar [accordion/keyboard]
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 663767
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 681181
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 618791
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 633671
from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 744865
for: F/Eb Horn
Book, CD
Item no.: 297985
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 181258
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746086
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746079
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746078
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1666378
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1666377
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1033699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663985
18 festive hits
for: Piano
Songbook (piano, chords, text)
Item no.: 631589
Merry Christmas to You / Viele bunte Päckchen
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Vocal score
Item no.: 662776
Romantisches Weihnachtslied aus 2003
mit deutschem und englischem Text von Claudia Jung und Cliff Richard
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 657883
(For All the Children)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701375
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 377584
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812127
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746073