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secular music have always influenced each other a great deal, and many forms of music, such as gospels and spirituals, originally made their way into houses of prayer from the secular world, and in the 20th century, so has pop music.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.
Single edition
Item no.: 417074
for: Clarinet
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 578722
Wham!
Der Weihnachtsklassiker von George Michael!
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1024482
Flexible instrumentation for brass-, woodwind- or combined ensemble
for: Flexible wind band
Score, Parts
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PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169388
16 Cool Arrangements in Jazz-, Latin-, Pop-, New Age- and Gospel-Style
for: F INST
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Spiralryg
for: Voice, guitar
Songbook
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C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045606
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1036566
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1044804
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 6-12 Jahren
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score (with piano part)
Item no.: 462812
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1067556
Neapolitanisches Lied
for: Voice, piano
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F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
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op. 49/4
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756010
for: 1–2 violins
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1701654
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 292891
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 746133
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1000610
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1107165
for: Trombone
Item no.: 242886
for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat) (quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3706
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 3701
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), piano
Sheet music, audio file
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für alle Gelegenheiten
for: Small wind band
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Voice, guitar [accordion/keyboard]
Songbook
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for: Brass band
Score, Parts
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Playback-CD (without sheet music)
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16 Cool Arrangements in Jazz-, Latin-, Pop-, New Age- and Gospel-Style
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [trumpet/saxophone]
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for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
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75 well known tunes for tuba in bass clef
for: Tuba
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377715
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Piano
Music score
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Gallop
for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
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for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756000
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 741229
16 Cool Arrangements in Jazz-, Latin-, Pop-, New Age- and Gospel-Style, incl. CD (Klavier) (Klavier)
for: KLAV CD (+ GES/INST/GIT)
Music score, Playback-CD
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for: Voice, guitar
Music score
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for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Songbook
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Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
One of the best-loved Christmas songs of all time
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
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for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: 3 clarinets (B-flat), bass clarinet (B-flat) (quartet)
Score, parts, audio files
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for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Sheet music, audio file
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 338276
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