Sonnets and Poems by John Masefield (1916)-ag

[mitteldorf]

Sonnets and Poems by John Masefield (1878 - 1967).

47 poems, most of them sonnets, most on the subjects of beauty and death, touching the mystery just beyond the known. ( Josh Mitteldorf)

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/sonnets-and-poems-by-john-masefield/

• Text source (only read from this text!): https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:Sonnets_and_poems,_Masefield,_1916.djvu
• Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
  
  
  
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  Genres for the project: Poetry/Single author
  
  Keywords that describe the book: death, beauty, mysticism, agnosticism
  
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• The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
  No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
  START of recording (Intro):
  • "Poem [number] of Sonnets and Poems. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
  • If you wish, say:
    "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
  • Say:
    "Sonnets and Poems, by John Masefield. [read Poem]"
  
  
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  • "Poem [number] of Sonnets and Poems by John Masefield. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
  • If you wish, say:
    "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
  • "[read poem]"
  END of recording:
  • At the end of the section, say:
    "End of Poem"
  • If you wish, say:
    "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
  • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
    "End of Sonnets and Poems, by John Masefield. "
  
  There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
• Example filename sonnetsandpoems_##_masefield_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. sonnetsandpoems_01_masefield_128kb.mp3)
  
  
  
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  Any questions?
  Please post below

[annise]

The Archive page https://archive.org/details/sonnetspoems00maseuoft is the same copy but seems much easier to read I feel.

Anne

[mitteldorf]

Thank you, Anne.

I have jumped the gun and uploaded the one and only audio file. This is a very short book, about 40 minutes all told.
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/Masefield_Sonnets_and_poems.mp3
It's ready for proofing.

[alg1001]

Mitteldorf,
I set this up for you. If you have another MC it is no problem to switch to them. Usually poems are read with one poem in each file. There are 47 in this. You could separate them into 47 files as is the common practice. I can increase the number of sections in the MW. You may also group them: Poems 1-5, Poems 6-12, etc... or wherever a division seems to make sense to you. It can remain as one file, if you choose. People who listen to our poetry works may not expect it to be in one long file.
Let me know so it can be sorted out before a prooflistener becomes involved.

Cheers,
Amy

p.s.
Anne and Rapunzelina, if you are MCing this, please feel free to switch me out. I just set up the MW. That's all.

[pattymarie]

Could I proof listen this?

Edit: I've jumped the gun and listened to it. I find the reading PL OK. The silence at the end seems to be three seconds instead of the five I think it's supposed to be. I don't know if that's important or not.

[alg1001]

Hi Pattymarie,
I added you as DPL.
Mitteldorf,
This will be all set after you update the 5 seconds. If you divide it up, there will need to be 5 seconds at the end of each file.
Thanks,
Amy

[alg1001]

I moved you to Going Solo.

[mitteldorf]

I've been remiss such a long time - got distracted by...you know, life.
Here's the full recording with ending and the 5 seconds silence at the end.
https://librivox.org/uploads/alg1001/masefieldsonnetsandpoems.mp3

[pattymarie]

Thanks, Mitteldorf. I'll give it another listen through to be sure it's o.k.

[pattymarie]

It's PL OK.

[mitteldorf]

Thanks, PattyMarie -
What's the procedure for moving the recording into the main library?

[alg1001]

I will catalog. I'll let you know when it is ready.

[alg1001]

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/sonnets-and-poems-by-john-masefield/
Congratulations!

p.s.
Mittledorf, if you do another book of poetry, please have each poem as a separate file.