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secular music have always influenced each other a great deal, and many forms of music, such as gospels and spirituals, originally made their way into houses of prayer from the secular world, and in the 20th century, so has pop music.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.
Series: Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 658292
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 340260
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8040
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8035
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1046536
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Buch + CD
Item no.: 610505
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 604290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 494216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 657898
for: Ukulele; voice ad lib.
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 680181
for: Voice, guitar
Item no.: 610148
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642700
religious and spiritual songs
Gospel Mass for 1-2 Treble Voices (SA), speaker and instrumental accompaniment ad lib.
for: Women's chori (1–2 equal voices ); narrator, instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 301342
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 340008
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 473073
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8042
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8036
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8034
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8025
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1029220
for: 4 voices a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604318
for: 2 GIT TAB CD
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 172718
for: Klarinettenensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 465957
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 295446
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 656342
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 494230
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Score
Item no.: 1714318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8026
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1030377
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 638571
for: Guitar; voice ad lib.
Songbook (melody, lyrics, chords)
Item no.: 680675
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 672732
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642702
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 178404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 655017
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 477383
for: Piano
Music score, playback-CD (mp3)
Item no.: 673483
The Ultimate Greatest Hits Collection
Songbook for Vocals and Piano (Guitar)
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Songbook PVG (Piano/Vocal/Guitar)
Item no.: 675615
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Score
Item no.: 550158
for: Mixed choir, big band
CD
Item no.: 499086
CD
Item no.: 578786
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 375049
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642707
for: 2 saxophones
Buch
Item no.: 333411
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8027
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