COMPLETE Multilingual Christmas Carol Collection 2017 - rap

Solo or group recordings that are finished and fully available for listeners
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Image Multilingual Christmas Carol Collection 2017.

This project is now catalogued. All audio files can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2017-by-various/
LibriVox volunteers bring you a festive selection of Christmas carols for the 2017 holiday. This year's collection of carols includes traditional favorites and lesser-known selections. The singers wish all listeners around the world a happy and peaceful Christmas. (Maria Kasper)
  • How to claim a part: It is not necessary to pre-claim sections for this project. Simply follow the instructions listed below.
  1. Choose a Christmas carol, in any language, which is in the public domain.
  2. To avoid “Is it PD?” headaches, please choose your carol from a book with a publication date of 1922 or earlier plainly visible. The next post below contains links to a number of carol books. You may use any of these, or another carol book of your own choice, so long as it was clearly published no later than 1922.
  3. If you are not in the US, please make sure the death dates of the composer and lyricist fall within the required dates to be PD in your own country. If in doubt, please ask!
  4. If you choose, you may sing PD carol lyrics to an original tune made up by yourself. If you are using your own tune, please make sure to say so.
  5. If you want to check what has been included in previous Christmas carol collections, you can check them out here:
    https://librivox.org/search?q=christmas%20carol%20collection&search_form=advanced
    But remember, it doesn't matter if the carol has been recorded before. A choice of voice is always welcome at Librivox! :D
  6. Each singer may submit as many carols as they wish (well, within reason ;) ).
  7. Any accompaniment must be performed by yourself.
  8. New to recording? Please read our Newbie Guide to Recording!
  9. Is there a deadline? Please upload your file by the DEADLINE of Monday December 18th 2017
  10. Where do I find the text? Check the next post below for some suggested PD carol books.

    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!

    Magic Window:



    BC Admin
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    This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.
    • Project Code: I3TD9QST
    • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): ( Various) : n/a
    • Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
    • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 20
    • Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
    • Original publication date (if known):
    • If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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    Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Music

    Keywords that describe the book: Christmas, music, carols

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  11. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430

    Set your recording software to:
    Channels: 1 (Mono)
    Bit Rate: 128 kbps
    Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
  12. DURING recording:
    No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!

    Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:
    START of recording (Intro)
    • "[Title] by [Author Name], sung in [language]. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox Recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit Librivox.org"

      OR if you are singing in another language, please feel free to use the LibriVox disclaimer in that language. You can find these on this page in the Wiki.


    END of recording
    • At the end of the section, say:
      "End of [Title], by [Author Name]"
    • If you wish, you may also say: "Sung by [your name]."

    There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
  13. AFTER recording
    Need noise-cleaning?
    Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.

    Save files as
    128 kbps MP3
    File name all in lowercase: ccc17_[carol's title]_[your initials]_128kb.mp3
    (e.g. ccc17_harktheherald_mk_128kb.mp3)

    ID3 Tags are not necessary.
  14. Transfer of files (completed recordings)
    • Upload your file with the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
      Image
      (If you have trouble reading the image above, please message an admin)
    • You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: Rapunzelina
    • When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
    • If this doesn't work, or you have questions, please check our How To Send Your Recording wiki page.
  15. Please always post in this forum thread when you've sent a file and include the following information:
    • * Link to your recording, as shown on the Uploader
      * Link to the text (and music) source
      * Language in which the carol is written
      * Author's/translator's (and composer's) name, birth and death dates
      * Title of the carol
      * Duration (runtime) of the file in mm:ss
      * and if this is your first recording: how you would like to be listed in the LibriVox catalogue. We can also link to a personal web site/blog.
    Please remember to check this thread frequently for updates!
  16. Any questions?
    Please post below
Last edited by commonsparrow3 on December 20th, 2017, 7:07 am, edited 6 times in total.
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Post by commonsparrow3 »

Some sources for Christmas carols:

(Any other suggestions of PD carol songbooks will be welcome.)

ENGLISH (with some Latin)
Arundel Hymns (c1905)
by Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk, (1847-1917); Charles Tindal Gatty
http://www.archive.org/details/arundelhymnsmusi00norfuoft

Christmas carols new and old (1870)
by John Stainer (1840-1901); Henry Ramsden Bramley (1833-1916)
http://archive.org/details/chricarolsn00bram

Christmas Carols from the Wellesley Song Book (c1917)
by Wellesley College
http://www.archive.org/details/christmascarolsf00well

The Festival Song Budget: Christmas 1913 (1913)
http://www.archive.org/details/festivalsongbudg00newy

Christmas carols ancient and modern
by William Lawrence Tomlins (1844-1930)
http://www.archive.org/details/christmascarolsa00toml

Christmas Carols (1900)
by Francis Landon Humphreys (1851-1937)
http://www.archive.org/details/christmascarols00humpgoog

Christmas carols; old English carols for Christmas and other festivals (1922)
by Lavinia Edna Walter; Lucy Etheldred Broadwood, (d. 1929)
http://www.archive.org/details/christmascarolso00walt

Christmas carols, ancient and modern
by William Sandys (1792-1874)
https://archive.org/details/christmascarolsa00sandrich

Carols old and carols new
by Rev. Charles L. Hutchins
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015009638027

Some ancient Christmas carols: with the tunes to which they were formerly sung in the west of England
collected by Davies Gilbert (1767-1839)
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000004289210

Christmas carols we love to sing
(various authors/composers)
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000067569229

Christmas carols and hymns for school and choir
compiled and edited by Hollis Dann
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uiuc.908539_001

Christmas carols; or, Sacred songs suited to the festival of Our Lord's nativity; with appropriate music, and an account of the Christmas carol.
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044010525418

Father Finn's Carol Book
Francis James Finn (1859-1928)
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015009638043

The Cowley Carol Book (1922)
George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848-1934)
http://archive.org/details/cowleycarolbookf00wooduoft

Six Christmas songs: with English and German words
by Peter Cornelius
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822004582813

English folk-carols: with pianoforte accompaniment
by Cecil J. Sharp (1859-1924)
https://archive.org/details/englishfolkcarol00shar

OTHER LANGUAGES

Christmas and New Year songs
compiled by Florence H. Botsford. reprinted from the First and Second Volumes of Folk Songs of Many Peoples.
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000032504590
This book has carols from many countries, including Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Austria, Greece, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Hungary. Most have words in the original language, as well as English translations.

FRENCH:
Ten provençal carols (c1918) by Micoulau Saboly (1614-1675)
http://www.archive.org/details/tenprovenalcar00sabo
Words in English and French

GERMAN:
Weihnacht-spiele und lieder aus Süddeutschland und Schlesien (1875) ed. Dr. Karl Weinhold (1823-1901)
http://www.archive.org/details/weihnachtspiele00weingoog

Evangelisches Gesangbuch (1889) by Evangelical Synod of North America
http://www.archive.org/details/evangelischesge00amergoog

Evangelisches Gesangbuch für Kirche, Schule und Haus in Basel-stadt und Basel-land (1859)
by Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche des Kantons Basel-Stadt,
http://www.archive.org/details/evangelischesge00unkngoog

Six Christmas songs: with English and German words
by Peter Cornelius
http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31822004582813

ITALIAN:
Sette canzoni pastorali sopra il Natale di nostro signor Gesù Cristo (1829)
by Carlo Roggia, professore di sacra teologia (no tunes )
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_-i8GAlJOAfAC
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Post by Rapunzelina »

I will set this up! I will try to help as much as I can in ascertaining the PD status of carols when needed!
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Maria:

I hope you don't mind, but a added a link to the Collection on my signature line to help get singers on board.

Also, I'm going to take the plunge. I saw in one of the works posted on the board a version of Good King Wenceslaus. I'd like to attempt that. (I'm getting over an inflamed larynx and haven't sung anything in months....but I'd like to give it a shot.)

Many thanks,

Philip
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Rapunzelina wrote:I will set this up! I will try to help as much as I can in ascertaining the PD status of carols when needed!
Thank you, Rapunzelina! I'm hoping that this year most of the singers will stick to carols from books with a publication date right there in plain sight, which will be a lot simpler than figuring out copyright on songs from web sites. Knowing that I can put any PD questions up to you when I'm in doubt is a great relief!
DrPGould wrote:I hope you don't mind, but a added a link to the Collection on my signature line to help get singers on board.
I not only don't mind, but I've done the same, linking to your Christmas Short Works thread. I'll be contributing something to the Short Works project myself, though I don't know what it will be yet.
DrPGould wrote:Also, I'm going to take the plunge. I saw in one of the works posted on the board a version of Good King Wenceslaus. I'd like to attempt that. (I'm getting over an inflamed larynx and haven't sung anything in months....but I'd like to give it a shot.)
Yay! Our first caroler is on board! And I know Good King Wenceslaus is PD! Looking forward to your rendition.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

And we've moved to Short Works!
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Post by commonsparrow3 »

Thanks, Rapunzelina!
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Is this the forum for this year's Christmas carols, or is it in the short works forum? :hmm:

Cheers,
Ryan

P.S. - Hi, everybody! :D
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DeRamos wrote:Is this the forum for this year's Christmas carols, or is it in the short works forum? :hmm:

Cheers,
Ryan

P.S. - Hi, everybody! :D
Yes, Ryan - This is indeed the Christmas Carol Collection! I was hoping you'd turn up with some more of your wonderful music this year. I look forward to listening!
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Post by Monaxi »

Hi! I'd like to sing Good Christian Men Rejoice, as found here: https://archive.org/stream/chricarolsn00bram#page/n27/mode/2up
(It's actually on the previous page.)

Peace be with you,
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Monaxi wrote:Hi! I'd like to sing Good Christian Men Rejoice, as found here: https://archive.org/stream/chricarolsn00bram#page/n27/mode/2up
Oh, lovely! Thank you, Sister! I can't wait to hear it!
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I want to do something for this, so I'm posting to make it more likely that I remember to!
first step, deciding on a song...
'whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.' -Oscar Wilde
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Post by Monaxi »

Hello, again! I'd also like to sing Angels from the Realms of Glory.

And, I'm going to use this source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id= ... =1up;seq=5
for this, as well as for Good Christian Men Rejoice, as it is much easier to read. Thank you!

Peace be with you,
Sister
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plaidsicle wrote:I want to do something for this, so I'm posting to make it more likely that I remember to!
first step, deciding on a song...
Thank you, Amelia! I've reserved a slot for you in the MW, so it will show up in your workflow. We can fill in the name of the carol after you decide.
Monaxi wrote:Hello, again! I'd also like to sing Angels from the Realms of Glory.

And, I'm going to use this source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id= ... =1up;seq=5
for this, as well as for Good Christian Men Rejoice, as it is much easier to read. Thank you!
Thank you, Sister! I've put another section in the MW for you, and I've also made note of the amended source for both carols.
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https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelin ... _128kb.mp3
3.38

https://archive.org/details/christmascarolso00walt
Christmas carols; old English carols for Christmas and other festivals
by Walter, L. Edna (Lavinia Edna); Broadwood, Lucy Etheldred, d. 1929; Hartley, J.
H., ill
Publication date 1922
My previous LV work: Bellona Times
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