This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/keramos-by-henry-wadsworth-longfellow/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.85896/mode/1upThis is a collection of 51 poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. which include many sonnets, plus 7 translations of poems by Virgil, Ovid, Michael Angelo and others. The signature 20 minute poem, Kéramos, whisks us on an imaginary magic cloak around Europe to visit the most famous potteries of olden times, and the many edifices their ceramic art adorns and/or commemorates. Keramos is a name still used today for the study of ceramic materials both for art and for technology.
2-17 are grouped under BIRDS OF PASSAGE Flight the Fifth
18-36 are grouped under A BOOK OF SONNETS, PART II
37-43 are grouped under TRANSLATIONS
44-51 are grouped under SEVEN SONNETS and a Canzone, from the Italian of Michael Angelo
(Summary by Michele Fry)
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Prooflistening level: DPL for this project is Michele Fry/msfry. Special, I will follow along with the text and notate significant discrepancies (omissions, wrong words that alter meaning, etc.)
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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Keywords that describe the book: sonnet, pottery (please leave this visible so I can add to the list as we go along)
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Please pronounce Kéramos: Ka'-ra'-mos (accent on the first and middle syllable equally).
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
End of recording:"Section # of Kéramos and other Poems, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Name of Poem."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #[/i], read by Your Name
[Add, if you wish, date, and/or your location.]. This Librivox recording is in the public domain."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Kéramos and other Poems, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow."
Filename: keramosandotherpoems_##_longfellow_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. keramosandotherpoems_01_longfellow_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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MC to select: Kazbek
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.