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[lezer]

LibriVox Multilingual Poetry Collection 008

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/multilingual-poetry-collection-008/

This collection is for poetry in any language. Feel free to choose any poem which is in the public domain.

If you're unsure what we mean by 'public domain', please read this explanation.

Each reader should not submit more than two poems in any language (per collection). It's fine if we have several readers submitting poems in the same language. It's also fine if the same reader submits poems in more than one language. It's also OK to submit readings in English (English being a language, I figure), but as there are plenty of other places to put those, let's limit them to special cases such as interesting regional dialects or accents.

Each collection will consist of twenty poems.

If you are interested to see what has been done previously, check the previous Multilingual Poetry Collections in our catalog (but we welcome multiple versions of the same poem).


(Admin link)

Recording Information
NB - The intro and outro can be in English, or in the language of the poem.
At the beginning, read the abbreviated "librivox disclaimer":
"[Poem title], by [author], read in [language] for LibriVox.org by [your name]" or some variation on that, adding date, location, your personal url, if you wish.

At the End say: "End of poem. This recording is in the public domain"; then leave 5 seconds of silence.

If you are new, please check the Recording Notes thread before recording:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
If this is your first recording, you'll also find this useful:
http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/NewbieGuideToRecording

Technical Details
Please be sure that your recording software is set to the following technical specifications:
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44100 kHz
Mono recording.

Save your recording as an mp3 file using the following filename and ID3 tag format:

File name all in lowercase: [language]_[poem's title]_[author's last name]_[your initials].mp3
(e.g. chinese_chun_si_wang_drb.mp3)

ID3 tags (version 2):

Title: Language - Poem Title (e.g. Chinese - Chun Si)
Artist: Author Name (e.g. Peter Wang)
Album: LibriVox Multilingual Poetry 008
Genre: Speech
(You can put "Recorded by ...." in the Comments section if you wish)

Transfer of files (completed recordings)

Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file.
Also, post the length of the recording (file duration: mm:ss) together with the link.

• Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader (when your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread):
  http://upload.librivox.org
  
  (If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
  You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: lz - lezer
  
• If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.

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When posting your link, please use the template below. Copy the code in the box, paste it into your reply, and fill in the required information:-

[lezer]

Open for business!

I carried over two poems that overflowed from the last collection. If I forgot any recordings along the way, please forgive me, and help me find them!

[Varra Unreal]

Hello all

These are 3 poems, read by my friend Christianese (no-forum-name-24).

Indonesian poems:

URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/indonesian_cintakujauhdipulau_anwar_vu.mp3
E-text: http://id.wikisource.org/wiki/Cintaku_Jauh_Di_Pulau
Runtime: 1.06min
Size: 1.01MB

URL:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/indonesian_panjidihadapanku_hamzah_vu.mp3
E-text: http://nyanyisunyi.5u.com/panjidihadapan.htm
Runtime: 1.24min
Size: 1.29MB


Javanese poem:

URL:
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/javanese_kalatidha_sinom_vu.mp3
E-text: http://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinom
Runtime: 1.16min
Size: 1.16MB

Thank you,
Varra Unreal

[lezer]

Hello Varra,
Thank you for your enthusiasm for this project, but I'm afraid I have some bad news for you: at least 2 of the poems are probably not in the public domain in the USA...
I've done some detective work to find the poets & publication years:

[lezer]

Sirjoh - I just listened to your recording of the poem "Ultimo canto di Saffo": it's beautiful - thank you.

PL OK!!!

[Varra Unreal]

Hello Lezer

The Javanese poem is definitely in the public domain as it was written more than a hundred years ago (it was found in some old manuscript). However, I am very sorry for the other two poems. I had thought that all Wikisource's contents were safe since it is stated that its content is in the public domain.

Sorry for the trouble again,
Varra Unreal

[lezer]

Hi Varra,
Great, thanks for checking that out - I don't know any Javanese, so I couldn't make out the wikisource page! - so can you give me the title & author of the Javanese poem? I think the author is "Sinom" ?? But the title I don't know - what is on wikisource seems to be different from the recording name?

And re: the 'public domain'-ness of wikisource: I don't know the details; one important factor is the country, probably. I think in Indonesia, the public domain law states that everything is public domain when the author has died more than 50 years ago. So the second poem would be public domain in Indonesia for example (author died in 1946), but not in the USA - so you could put the recording on an Indonesian server without problems, but we can't put it in the Librivox catalog....

Anna

[Varra Unreal]

Hello Lezer

First, I have to thank you for your very informative post. Secondly, to address the issue on the Javanese poem, the "author" (actually the manuscript the poem was found in; like most Early Javanese poems, the author is unknown: hope that does not matter!) is Serat Kalatidha and the poem title is Sinom. I have tried looking for more information on the poem many times but to no avail. I guess that this poem is just too old.

Thank you,
Varra Unreal

[lezer]

Thanks, Varra!

[Chamberlain]

Hello Lezer!

I have just uploaded a short Russian poem.
Since it is my first recording I am not sure that everything is correct.

The poem:

• URL for the file on the Uploader - http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/Russian_Poet_Lermontov_AI.mp3
  
• Reader's name to use on the catalogue page - Chamberlain
  
• Reader's personal URL to use on the catalogue page (if you have one) -
  
• Link to online text - http://ilibrary.ru/text/1324/index.html
  
• Title of poem - Poet
  
• Name of author - Michael Lermontov
  

[earthcalling]

Anna and Varra,

I've sneakily swapped the Javanese recording (Sinom) with one from Volume 7 (Gambuh) that needs editing before it can be catalogued.

That way, I can catalogue Volume 7 now and take the pressure off Christianese to re-record the intro.

I hope that's OK with you both...

David

[lezer]

[lezer]

[Aldor]

Hello, Lezer,

Here is a french poem by Victor Hugo, Aymerillot,

• URL for the file on the Uploader : http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/lz/french_aymerillot_hugo_al.mp3
  
• Reader's name to use on the catalogue page : Aldor
  
• Reader's personal URL to use on the catalogue page (if you have one) : http://aldoror.free.fr/wordpress/
  
• Link to online text : http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/La_L%C3%A9gende_des_si%C3%A8cles_-_IV.3._Aymerillot
  
• Title of poem : Aymerillot
  
• Name of author : Victor Hugo
  

The first edition is dated 1859.

Regards.
_________________
Aldor

[lezer]

Wonderful! Thank you, Aldor - I've entered it in the magic window.
Anna