Madame Butterfly is the story of the young Japanese girl Cho-Cho San, who marries a flighty American naval officer, and is thenceforth outcast from her relatives. Anxiously she awaits the return of her beloved husband, but when he finally anchors in the harbour, Cho-Cho San does not get the happy ending she was hoping for.
This short story by John Luther Long has inspired Giacomo Puccini to write the opera of the same name. (Introduction by Availle)
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
Start of recording (Intro)
"Section [number] of Madame Butterfly. - This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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Say: "Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long. [Chapter]"
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"Section [number] of Madame Butterfly by John Luther Long. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain.
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Only if applicable, say: "[Chapter title]"
End of recording
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“End of [Chapter]"
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madamebutterfly_#_long.mp3
Example ID3 V2 tags
Title: # - [Section title]
Artist: John Luther Long
Album: Madame Butterfly
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"Tiefer und tiefer zogen die Buchstaben ihn hinab, wie ein Strudel aus Tinte...dorthin wo auch Staubfinger verschwunden war. An den Ort, an dem alle Geschichten enden." (Cornelia Funke)
I have a question about the ID3 title tags: As the story is quite short (15.000 words or so), I have grouped the chapters together more or less by 'content'. So, the five sections could be titled
"The Wedding"
"Happy Baby"
"A Proposal"
"Visiting the Consul"
"The Return"
These, however, are not any of the titles of the individual Chapters, so I was wondering if this is within LibriVox guidelines.
Any advice, please?
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
One of the things the ID3 tags are for is to help mp3 players sort the files correctly. To do this, there needs to be something in the ID3 tag that will allow for this, either numbers 1, 2, etc. or titles with numbers, chapter 1, chapter 2, etc. I would just use what you have in the MW for section titles: 1 - Chapters 1-3, etc.
Barry My Recordings
“I became insane. With long intervals of horrible sanity.” - Edgar Allan Poe
"Tiefer und tiefer zogen die Buchstaben ihn hinab, wie ein Strudel aus Tinte...dorthin wo auch Staubfinger verschwunden war. An den Ort, an dem alle Geschichten enden." (Cornelia Funke)
"Tiefer und tiefer zogen die Buchstaben ihn hinab, wie ein Strudel aus Tinte...dorthin wo auch Staubfinger verschwunden war. An den Ort, an dem alle Geschichten enden." (Cornelia Funke)
I hope I didn't let you wait for too long - the last two chapters are up!
Suggestion: Keep your hankies nearby...
Although it is only about 2 hours worth of audio, it was extremely difficult to record! I did not make up the accent of Cho-Cho San on my own, the book is written like that, and I am not sure I did her (or the author) justice.
Cheers, Ava.
Resident witch of LibriVox, channelling
Granny Weatherwax: "I ain't Nice."
-- AvailleAudio.com
"Tiefer und tiefer zogen die Buchstaben ihn hinab, wie ein Strudel aus Tinte...dorthin wo auch Staubfinger verschwunden war. An den Ort, an dem alle Geschichten enden." (Cornelia Funke)
