Cantor William Sharlin: Musical Revolutionary of Reform Judaism

by Jonathan L Friedmann and Jonathan L. Friedmann

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476677069
• ISBN13: 9781476677064
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher