Source text (please read only from these texts!):An English language dramatic reading of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung) referred to by the composer as a Bühnenfestspie ("stage festival play"). Wagner was both composer and librettist for the epic dramas comprising "the Ring Cycle". His intent was that a prelude, Das Rheingold (The Rhinegold), should be performed of an evening and that the trilogy of Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried and Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods) should thence be performed on the three succeeding days. (Summary by Brian Fullen)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48214 (The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie)
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49507 (Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods)
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Genres for the project: Plays/Drama
Keywords that describe the book: operas, libretti, epic music dramas, legendary sagas, germanic heroic legend
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
For individual roles:
Submit one file per book, where book is one of "The Rhinegold", "The Valkyrie", "Siegfried" or "The Twilight of the Gods". At the beginning of the first file, say:
Leave 3-5 seconds of space between your lines (room noise, not generated silence)."Character, read by your name."
For narration/stage directions:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
Say:
At the end of each file say:"The Ring of the Niblung: (Scene or Act) # of Book, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org."
If you are recording the final Scene or Act of a book, add:"End of (Scene or Act) #."
If you are recording the final Act (3) of the final book ("The Twilight of the Gods"), add:"End of Book."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Ring of the Niblung, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour."
Please note that:
- Book is one of: "The Rhinegold", "The Valkyrie", "Siegfried" or "The Twilight of the Gods"
- Scene only applies to "The Rhinegold", a one act play of four scenes; Act applies to the others which all have three acts ("The Twilight of the Gods" has a Prelude beginning its first act.)
For individual roles: niblung_role_#.mp3 where # is one of rhinegold, valkyrie, siegfried or twilight. (e.g. niblung_alberich_rhinegold.mp3)
For final files: niblung_##_wagner_128kb.mp3 where ## is the overall scene or act number. (e.g. niblung_03_wagner_128kb.mp3)
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EDIT (12 OCT 2023):
The proof listening level for this project is Special in that we are seeking consistency - for the benefit of audio book listeners - in the pronunciation of main character and place names. A link to a recorded pronunciation guide is in section one of the magic window; it is intended as an aid to those volunteers not familiar with the proper pronunciation of those names. Thank you.
EDIT (29 OCT 2023):
Intro/Outro wording
And, when someone finally corrected me on William Cowper, I was grateful. But, I've had my knuckles rapped a few times when commenting on pronunciations, even as suggestions.