[COMPLETE] Christmas Short Works Collection 2021

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Christmas Short Works Collection 2021, by Various

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page:https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2021-by-various/
Christmas 2021 is coming, so get your thinking caps on and join in this year's collection. If you have any doubts about the PD status or the relevance to this collection, just post and ask. All languages welcome
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Special conditions
**In order that all may contribute, 2 contributions only per reader please ***

Deadline: This will be catalogued on 19th December so that it can be enjoyed from then - and all files will need to be PL OK by then to be included so please check your uploaded files before then.
  1. Find a Christmas-themed selection (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, whatever) in any language.
  2. Ensure that your text is clearly in the public domain. Gutenberg is a good source. Another possibility is an archive scan which includes clear copyright information. The publication date must be 1925 or earlier. If you are unsure about the copyright status of your selection, you may want to ask for help to verify that it is public domain before you record.
  3. If you are not in the US, please ensure that you know and abide by the copyright laws in your own country as well as US law (above). Again, if you are unsure, ask.
  4. Your submission can be as long or short as you need, as long as it is under 70 minutes or so.
  5. If you'd like to see what has already been included in a previous Christmas Collection, they can all be found here: https://librivox.org/search?q=christmas%20collection&search_form=advanced However, if your selection has been done before, you are still welcome to submit your own recording. I do ask that no duplicates be included in the same collection
  6. Extra sections will be added to the MW as they become necessary.
  7. Please feel free to submit suggestions of works that would be a good fit for this collection, if you know of any. I will collect these suggestions in the post below.
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

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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:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"[Title], by [Author]. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."]
Or, if you are reading in another language, use the disclaimer for that language, which can be found here.

End of recording:
Say:
"End of [Title], by [Author]." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: cswc2021_title short_author surname_reader initials_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. cswc2021_silentnight_gruber_klh_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss)and add information about source and author. Watch this thread for prooflistening notes and add information about source and author

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
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Open for business :D

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Post by ChipDoc »

I'd like to read The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry please
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Post by annise »

Special rules for Christmas collections - you don't claim , just read and submit - as long as it is ready to catalogue on the 17th December I'll catalogue it - unless some else has beaten you to upload it , then we'll find it another home - we don't put 2 readings of the same piece in the same collection
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Post by commonsparrow3 »

Just posting here so as to bookmark this thread, so I can find it later, when I plan to read something -- (don't yet know what)!
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Post by annise »

Looking forward to them all :D
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Post by lomond »

Greetings -

DPL?

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That would be great - we may need help with any "foreign" languages (unless you are fantastically multilingual :D )

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Post by lorda »

Here is my contribution read in German.

Title: Lukas 2, Vers 1 - 14
Autor (Translator): Martin Luther
Link to the source: https://archive.org/details/diebibeloderdieg00amer/page/61/mode/1up (1847)
Link to the audio: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_lukas2_luther_loa_128kb.mp3
Duration: 2:59
Language: German
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Post by Kitty »

here's a short poem in French :)

Title and author: "Noël", by Théophile Gautier
Text source: https://archive.org/details/emauxetcames00gaut/page/164/mode/2up
Link: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_noel_gautier_ss_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 1:18 min.

And if the DPL needs any help with LOTE contributions, depending on the language, I can help :)

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Post by annise »

Thanks both - I'm not sure of Lomond's language skills :D

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Post by rafeball »

Hi Anne,

An unusual Christmas tale from Arthur Machen!

Title: Scrooge 1920 - A New Christmas Carol
Author: Arthur Machen
Link to the source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4066018&view=1up&seq=8&skin=2021 (1924)
Link to the audio: https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_scrooge1920_machen_rb_128kb.mp3
Duration: 8:16
Language: English

Not sure if it's worth a note, but the 'Pussyfoot' reference at the end of the story likely pertains to American prohibition campaigner Mr. W. E. “Pussyfoot” Johnson, who had visited the UK earlier in 1924 (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/25/dry-crusader-brings-american-prohibition-campaign-to-the-uk-archive-1920).
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Post by annise »

Thank you - looks interesting. :D

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Our Christmas Tree, by Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)

https://archive.org/details/ourchristmastree00brow/mode/2up

Copyright 1925

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/cswc2021_christmastree_brown_ks_128kb.mp3 (17:04)

Language: English

Note for Lomond: Should you follow the text while listening, you'll find that 'savages' is spelled 'salvages' here. I did what research I could regarding the proper pronunciation and received no clear answer. I've decided that our usual pronunciation of 'savage' makes more sense than anything else. Not a word used much anymore, but the author is quoting some rather old material.

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Post by ShiNeko »

Hello! Can you, please, tell me, if my submission turns out more than 70 min long, would it be OK to divide it and take that "two spots per reader"? I think it won't but just in case.
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