Cantor William Sharlin - Musical Revolutionary of Reform Judaism

William Sharlin (1920-2012) was a cantor, synagogue composer, teacher and musicologist. Raised in an Orthodox household, he turned toward Universalism and the liberal Reform movement. A member of the first graduating class of the first cantorial school in America, he was a founding member of the American Conference of Cantors and is recognized as the first to play a guitar in the synagogue. Sharlin developed the Department of Sacred Music at HUC in Los Angeles, where he taught for 40 years, trained women to be cantors before they were allowed in the seminary, and spent nearly four decades at Leo Baeck Temple.
Drawing on interviews conducted with Sharlin late in life, the author chronicles the career of one of the most inventive and creative figures in the history of the cantorate.

About the author

Jonathan L. Friedmann is a professor of Jewish music history at the Academy for Jewish Religion, California, and Extraordinary Professor of theology at North-West University (South Africa). He is the author, editor or compiler of eleven other books on music and religion. Visit his website at jonathanfriedmann.com.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan L. Friedmann
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2019
• EAN: 9781476677064
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7706-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; MUSIC / Religious / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, MUSIC / Religious / Jewish, Jewish Studies, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music