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Jewish sacred music and Jewish identity : continuity and fragmentation
- Title
- Jewish sacred music and Jewish identity : continuity and fragmentation / edited by Jonathan L. Friedmann and Brad Stetson ; featuring the notes and reflections of Cantor William Sharlin.
- Publication
- St. Paul, Minn. : Paragon House, 2008.
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- Description
- xvii, 163 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Jewish Sacred Music and Jewish Identity explores complex issues of religious pluralism and the preservation of Jewish identity in the context of American culture today, drawing on the perspective of the Cantor's office. Featured among other entries are the collected writings of Cantor William Sharlin, well-known and influential scholar, cantor, composer of synagogue music, and former professor at Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles. Now cantor emeritus at Leo Baeck Temple in Los Angeles where he has served since 1954, Cantor Sharlin is a link between the traditions of the past and the transformations of the present, and a long-time observer of music's role as both preserver and innovator of Jewish worship. The essays presented here are sure to engage readers interested in the place of music in religion, and those concerned with the state of religion in the post-modern world."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-158) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction. Can Music Be Understood as a "Signal of Transcendence"? -- Pt. I. Jewish Sacred Music -- Ch. 1. A Philosophy of Jewish Sacred Music -- Ch. 2. Congregational Singing Past and Present -- Pt. II. Cantor William Sharlin: The Making of a Cantorial Mind -- Ch. 3. An Autobiographical Sketch -- Ch. 4. A Conversation with Cantor William Sharlin -- Pt. III. A Symphony of a Cantorial Life: The Notes and Reflections of Cantor William Sharlin -- Ch. 5. Set One: Continuity and Fragmentation -- Ch. 6. Set Two: Preservation and Innovation -- Ch. 7. Set Three: Sacred and Secular -- Ch. 8. Set Four: Past and Future.
- ISBN
- 9781557788726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 1557788723 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007043882
- 40015606619
- OCLC
- ocn177067986
- 177067986
- SCSB-14489340
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries