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[Alessia]

This book is complete and can be downloaded from the LibriVox catalogue: http://librivox.org/la-divina-commedia-by-dante-alighieri/

Is there anybody willing to help me with this work?
It's my first book and I hope it would turn out very well, so I definitely need someone who wants to help me through this recording, plus, if you like the Florentine accent, this is a chance to use it and improve it while you're reading a master piece!
but, of course, the accent is not neccesary, anyone who can read Italian is welcome:)
If you have any question about how to pronounce a word, feel free to ask me:)

La Divina Commedia di Dante by Dante Alighieri
Target completion date: 01 February, 2007

Please note that this work will be recorded in the original Italian language. Anyone who can read Italian is welcome to participate!

Gutenberg e-text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1000

Division into sections
Claim a passage (or more) by posting in this thread. Please claim by section number (in the first column below)!

(BC admin link)


Save files as
128 kbps MP3
la_divina_commedia_##_alighieri.mp3
All lower case, where ## is your section (!) number from the first column in the table above - e.g. la_divina_commedia_01_alighieri.mp3

all files must be recorded at sample rate 44,100 - in Audacity, the sample rate is shown at the bottom of the recording window

ID3 V2 tag (please mind upper and lower case)
Title: La Divina Commedia - Libro [1, 2 or 3] - Capitolo [numero capitolo] - Canti [Ex. I-V]
Artist: D. Alighieri
Album: La Divina Commedia
Comment: (If you want) Registrato da [your name]

Transfer of files
Files can either be posted here in the forum (link to your webspace) or sent to me using Yousendit: http://www.yousendit.com/?recipient=pivieredorato@yahoo.com
If you use Yousendit, please still post the link here.

When you send me a recording, please let me know how you would like to appear in the LibriVox catalogue - your name and, if you like, your website/podcast etc.

Please remember to check this thread every once in a while for updates!


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/about-recording/

LibriVox disclaimer
INTRODUCTION
Please say this at the start of every recording:
"Questa � una registrazione Librivox. Tutte le registrazioni di Librivox sono di dominio pubblico. Per ulteriori informazioni, o per sapere come diventare volontario, visitate il sito: librivox.org"

If you wish, say:
"Registrato da [il tuo nome], [la tua citt� , blog, il tuo podcast e indirizzo]"

Say:
"La Divina Commedia di Dante, di Dante Alighieri. Libro[primo,secondo o terzo], capitolo [numero capitolo], canti [numero di ogni canto contenuto all'interno del capitolo]"

END OF RECORDING
At the end of the canto, say:
"Fine del canto [numero canto]"
At the end of the chapter, say:
"Fine del capitolo [numero capitolo]"

[list=] At the end of Books 1 and 2, say:
"Fine de La Divina Commedia di Dante - Libro [primo, secondo o terzo]"

At the end of Book 3, say:
"Fine del terzo Libro, e fine de La Divina Commedia di Dante di Dante Alighieri."

All completed files can be found in this directory: http://librivox.gesine.org/upload/alessia/

[Gesine]

Brilliant, Alessia - our first Italian project! I wish I could do the Florentine, or in fact any other Italian, accent... I've just signed up to read a chapter of Machiavelli in English, and think the Italian names are difficult enough for now :)

Hugh - if you're reading this, have you contacted the Italian LV offshoot yet? Perhaps they might like to join in here.

Hope you'll get fellow readers soon, Alessia - perhaps you have some friends or family who like reading aloud? I shall ask some Italian friends of mine, too.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[LibraryLady]

Wow, Alessia, this is great! I'm afraid I can't help you with this project but I will add you to the "to come" section of our catalog!
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"I hear the sound I love, the sound of the human voice." ~Whitman

[msalias]

Cara Alessia,

[Gesine]

How exciting to see some Italian on LibriVox! *pulls out dictionary* :)

Really look forward to your recordings.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[Alessia]

Ciao msalias:)
I'm so glad that you decided to sign up for this recording, now I'm sure this book will turn out well for sure
Don't worry about the accent, actually I love to listen to Italian spoken by a non native speaker
So the second chapter is yours and ... qui comincia il nostro viaggio all'inferno
Ciao ciaoooo

[trentjweidert]

ciao alessia
voglio cantoXI-canto XV. i am excited about the project and hope to begin soon.

[Gesine]

Oh, how lovely is this - Alessia will be so pleased! :)
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[Alessia]

Ben fatto trentjweidert!!!
sono contenta che hai deciso di cominciare
se hai qualche dubbio su qualche pronuncia, io sono sempre disponibile! Gesine, as always, you were right: I'm so happy

[tizzi]

Dear Alessia,
I'd be glad to help you with Dante. I thought to start recording from canto XXXI to canto XXXIV (Inferno). Could you please answer me here or send me a mail (in italian please!) so you can tell me more things about the project? Thanks!

[Alessia]

Ciao Tizzi, i canti sono tuoi:)
grazie per l'aiuto, apprezzo molto:)
per quanto riguarda il"come funziona"bè...non so quanto posso esserti utile visto che sono una frana, ma ci proverò
non ricordo se hai messenger...ma se ce l'hai ci possiamo sentire online, altrimenti scrivimi tutti i tuoi dubbi e vediamo di risolverli
ciao ciao

[Gesine]

Hi tizzi - just wanted to say, welcome to LibriVox! How did you find us? :)
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein

[tizzi]

Dear Alessia,
thanks a lot. Under the nick of Tizzi there's not 1 but 2 persons. Simone, who found out this web-site and had the idea to tell his flatmate Giulia, who loves the Divine Comedy, to read it for this project. She was delighted and started immediately to train. So Simone is taking care of all the tecnical problems while Giulia does the actual reading. Simone speaks some english while Giulia speaks it a bit less and, as she gets the emails, that's why we asked to write in italian if you send a mail. You'll be happy to know that we both are tuscans, so you'll be able to hear some tuscan accent. Hope to send something as soon as possible!

[tizzi]

Dear Gesine,
you won't believe I found out about this web site reading and article about it a local tuscan newspaper called "Il Tirreno". I remember I seached the net for free audobooks like 1 year ago and found nothing. So you can imagine what a nice news it was reading that someone had the great idea of making free audobooks.

[Gesine]

Excellent, two people in one! Sorry for not writing in Italian, btw (and nice of you to respond in English), I've only just started learning it... my conversational level is currently at "I only speak a little Italian." - "No, you speak it very well!" - "Thank you, signorina." - "Can you give me some money?" - "Yes, how much do you want?" etc... :)
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world." Albert Einstein