[COMPLETE] Short Poetry Collection 118 - tg
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Go ahead and do it over before then.
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Mr. Frost's -- The Telephone -- with all the words.
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_telephone_tm.mp3
source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29345
duration: 1:11
Thank you! Tom
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_telephone_tm.mp3
source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29345
duration: 1:11
Thank you! Tom
Here's another. W. B. Yeats in cynical mood (and regretting the loss of Maud Gonne).
"Never Give all the Heart".
I read it out of my copy of the complete poems, but it seems to come from In The Seven Woods, which it turns out has been done for Librivox before:
http://librivox.org/in-the-seven-woods-by-william-butler-yeats/
Maybe it's worth another outing?
Author: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
text: (nicely laid out by RPO) http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/never-give-all-heart
MP3: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_nevergivealltheheart_mtd.mp3
Duration: 1:04
"Never Give all the Heart".
I read it out of my copy of the complete poems, but it seems to come from In The Seven Woods, which it turns out has been done for Librivox before:
http://librivox.org/in-the-seven-woods-by-william-butler-yeats/
Maybe it's worth another outing?
Author: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
text: (nicely laid out by RPO) http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/never-give-all-heart
MP3: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_nevergivealltheheart_mtd.mp3
Duration: 1:04
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Thanks, Mike!
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
A slightly different take on Cowley's Wish (Fortnightly Poem)...
My Summer Retreat by George R Sims (1847-1922)
Text URL: https://archive.org/stream/balladsbabylon00simsgoog#page/n150/mode/2up/search/retreat
MP3 URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_mysummerretreat_aw.mp3
Duration 1:49
My Summer Retreat by George R Sims (1847-1922)
Text URL: https://archive.org/stream/balladsbabylon00simsgoog#page/n150/mode/2up/search/retreat
MP3 URL: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_mysummerretreat_aw.mp3
Duration 1:49
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Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae sub Regno Cynarae - OK
Epilogue - OK
My Summer Retreat - OK (and, *snicker*)
Ford o' Kabul River - OK
Never give all the Heart -
- The recording is in stereo. To change all future recordings, go to Edit, Preferences, Devices. Under Recording, change Channels to "1 (Mono)". To fix this one, go to Tracks / Stereo to Mono.
- Volume is low; you need to bring it up about 5 dB. The spikes prevent further amplification.
Here's something you can do: compression. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3lOTDsN6c
It will squish your spikes so that you can amplify a bit more.
My default settings are as follows:
Threshold: -17 dB
Noise Floor: -40 dB
Ratio: 2.5:1
Attack: 0.2
Decay: 1.0
NO checks in the check boxes
After compression, amplify by 5 dB and see how that turns out.
- from about 0.56-1:00 there are noises in the silences (a couple of which are loud). You can just cut them out, as you have plenty of silence at the end.
Epilogue - OK
My Summer Retreat - OK (and, *snicker*)
Ford o' Kabul River - OK
Never give all the Heart -
- The recording is in stereo. To change all future recordings, go to Edit, Preferences, Devices. Under Recording, change Channels to "1 (Mono)". To fix this one, go to Tracks / Stereo to Mono.
- Volume is low; you need to bring it up about 5 dB. The spikes prevent further amplification.
Here's something you can do: compression. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ3lOTDsN6c
It will squish your spikes so that you can amplify a bit more.
My default settings are as follows:
Threshold: -17 dB
Noise Floor: -40 dB
Ratio: 2.5:1
Attack: 0.2
Decay: 1.0
NO checks in the check boxes
After compression, amplify by 5 dB and see how that turns out.
- from about 0.56-1:00 there are noises in the silences (a couple of which are loud). You can just cut them out, as you have plenty of silence at the end.
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Rondeau, by Leigh Hunt (1784-1859):
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_rondeau_aw.mp3 (0:35)
text: https://archive.org/stream/poeticalworksofl00hunt#page/154/mode/2up/search/rondeau
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_rondeau_aw.mp3 (0:35)
text: https://archive.org/stream/poeticalworksofl00hunt#page/154/mode/2up/search/rondeau
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Thank you, Alan!
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Hi,
This is Casey's Revenge.
Gutenberg says James Wilson wrote it. In searching for Wilson's birth/date dates, I found that, in truth, the poem was written in 1907 by Grantland Rice, Tennessee born, sports writer -- using the pseudonym, "James Wilson".
I say "by James Wilson" on the recording. I will, if you like, edit to include the Rice info. Thanks, Tom
source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18909
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc_118_caseysrevenge_tm.mp3
duration: 4:35
This is Casey's Revenge.
Gutenberg says James Wilson wrote it. In searching for Wilson's birth/date dates, I found that, in truth, the poem was written in 1907 by Grantland Rice, Tennessee born, sports writer -- using the pseudonym, "James Wilson".
I say "by James Wilson" on the recording. I will, if you like, edit to include the Rice info. Thanks, Tom
source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18909
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc_118_caseysrevenge_tm.mp3
duration: 4:35
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Pseudonym is fine. After all, we don't say "Tom Sawyer, written by Samuel Clemens."
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
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Serendipitous7 wrote:Mr. Frost's -- The Telephone -- with all the words.
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_telephone_tm.mp3
source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29345
duration: 1:11
Thank you! Tom
Serendipitous7 wrote:Hi,
This is Casey's Revenge.
Gutenberg says James Wilson wrote it. In searching for Wilson's birth/date dates, I found that, in truth, the poem was written in 1907 by Grantland Rice, Tennessee born, sports writer -- using the pseudonym, "James Wilson".
I say "by James Wilson" on the recording. I will, if you like, edit to include the Rice info. Thanks, Tom
source: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18909
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc_118_caseysrevenge_tm.mp3
duration: 4:35
Both these poems are PL OK! Excellent readings!
Betty
MW updated momentarily.
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Mike001 wrote:Heigh-ho, I haven't recorded anything for awhile and this could be awful, but here 'tis.
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
by
T. S. Eliot (1888 – 1965)
Runtime: 7:34
Text: http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poems/love-song-j-alfred-prufrock
MP3: http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_lovesongprufrock_mtd.mp3
I listened through and I don't think I made any errors.
The "downed" in "in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!" came out a bit Northern Irish. I don't know why, because I've never lived there. But I guess everyone knows what I meant.
I think I probably overdid the expressiveness and characterisation -- that's probably down to my having drunk some cider beforehand -- Eliot himself reads it very "flat":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAO3QTU4PzY
But maybe it'll do as an interpretation.
I've PL'ed this poem and it's in stereo, not mono, Aside from this the reading is very fine. I didn't find it overdone.
Betty
MW updated in a minute.
Hi,
I just uploaded 3 poems.
"City Trees" by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_citytrees_hp.mp3
Time: 0:55
Source: http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/edna-st-vincent-millay/city-trees-26291
"Was, Is, and Yet-To-Be" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_wasisyet_hp.mp3
Time: 2:36
Source: http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ella-wheeler-wilcox/was-is-and-yet-to-be-32468
"New Year" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_newyear_hp.mp3
Time: 2:13
Source: http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ella-wheeler-wilcox/new-year-32481
Thanks for listening!
Heidi
I just uploaded 3 poems.
"City Trees" by Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950)
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_citytrees_hp.mp3
Time: 0:55
Source: http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/edna-st-vincent-millay/city-trees-26291
"Was, Is, and Yet-To-Be" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_wasisyet_hp.mp3
Time: 2:36
Source: http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ella-wheeler-wilcox/was-is-and-yet-to-be-32468
"New Year" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_newyear_hp.mp3
Time: 2:13
Source: http://www.public-domain-poetry.com/ella-wheeler-wilcox/new-year-32481
Thanks for listening!
Heidi
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Thank you, Betty, for PL'ing!
Thanks, Heidi, for the submissions.
Thanks, Heidi, for the submissions.
School fiction: David Blaize
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
America Exploration: The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Serial novel: The Wandering Jew
Medieval England meets Civil War Americans: Centuries Apart
Thank you.libraryanne wrote: I've PL'ed this poem and it's in stereo, not mono, Aside from this the reading is very fine. I didn't find it overdone.
I checked the export settings. I've definitely got "mono" selected now -- maybe that had got moved. I exported the file to MP3 again, and if I import it into iTunes I can see that it says "mono" on the information sheet.
I've uploaded again.
http://upload.librivox.org/share/uploads/tg/spc118_the_love_song_of_j_alfred_prufrock_mtd.mp3