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Hershel Sounds

by G. Mervine

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Prelude 03:51
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2.
Sirba 03:10
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3.
Rachael's Waltz 03:02
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4.
Skotchne/Bulgar 03:28
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Hershel's Theme 02:55
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Heivenu Shalom Aleikhem 02:29
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Philly Sher 01:50
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The Shady and Mysterious Hershel of Ostropol 05:21
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First Night's Tiny Goblin 02:46
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Tarras Bulgar 04:00
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Second Night's Waddling Goblin 04:54
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Fugue 02:01
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Third Night's Gambling Goblin 04:21
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Meditation and Prayer 04:02
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Final Night's King of the Goblins 04:00
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Candle Dance 03:52
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17.
Lembranças do Cariri 02:28
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This CD, Hershel Sounds, presents the music I composed for Gas & Electric Arts' theatrical adaptation of Eric Kimmel's book, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins. The story takes place in a fictional shtetl, located somewhere in what is today Ukraine, in which the inhabitants are forbidden from celebrating Hanukkah by a berserk gaggle of goblins. Enter the legendary and fabled Hershel of Ostropol, who decides to face the goblins in exchange for food and shelter. Accompanied by an orphan girl (Rachel), he waits in the synagogue each night, ready to light the candles. The goblins come one by one, but Hershel outwits them all, eventually lighting all 8 candles of the menorah, banishing the goblins and liberating the town. This CD contains themes of the principal characters, the village music (played by the village band), and musical dramatization of Hershel's showdowns with the goblins. The music draws on klezmer music, rhythms and modes from Eastern Europe, and even the rural folkloric music of the Cariri Region of Paraíba, Brasil where I was living when I composed much of the music.

This project is supported [in part] by the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter.”

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released December 21, 2011

Gregg Mervine - drumset/percussion, marimba (1, 11, 13) guitar (1, 15, 17), banjo (2, 5, 8, 16), cavaco (8, 9, 17), toy piano (1, 6, 9), pifano (9), vox (2, 11).
Larry Goldfinger - clarinet, bass clarinet (11), toy piano (3).
Chris Coyle - upright bass
Patrick Farrell - accordion (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14)
Shinjoo Cho - accordion (6, 9, 12, 13), Wurlitzer piano (12)
Katt Flagg - accordion (4, 7, 10)
Brendan Cooney - organ (15)
Petia Zamfirova, Rosie Langabeer, Larry Goldfinger, Adam Hershberger, and Chris Coyle - shtetl choir (2, 11)

Recorded at Buckeye Recording by Peter Richan (www.buckeyerecording.com).
Additional tracking done at Goldfinger Platinum Factory (Philly), the Mervine family basement (Langhorne, PA), Farrell's Hi-Fi-Fonics (Brooklyn), Ohly's Sound Ark (W. Philly) and Apopolis Som (Monteiro, PB - Brasil).

Produced and mixed by Gregg Mervine
Mastered by Bill Moriarty - www.moriartyrecording.com

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G. Mervine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

G. Mervine crafts songs that explore the verges of experience, the limits of belief, and the tightropes we dance upon over voids and heartbreak. He is a composer and poet foremost, but also a jazz drummer, a percussionist, and music producer. He founded West Philadelphia Orchestra, has composed for theater and ballet, produced records in Philly and in Brazil, and more... ... more

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