Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/April 2009

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Qaumi Tarana Instrumental

National anthem of Pakistan,It's of high quality and is mentioned on Qaumi Tarana,Pakistan.It's in public domain.

Nominate and support. User:Yousaf465 (talk) 03:07, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We need to know who performed it and when (The date given appears to be the date of adoption as an anthem?) - a performance can gain its own copyright, even if the work itself is out of copyright. That said, it sounds like it could well be the recording from this page, which is in US-Government public domain, as far as I can tell (whatever their claim at the bottom of the page). Any other ears? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 06:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Taken from [1]and it's music can be found here [2].Is the copy of official version kept with Government of Pakistan. User:Yousaf465 (talk)
- Please add the information and such, and an explanation of the copyright status, to the image information page. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good quality audio. Composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla in 1950 and performed by the military band. Faraz (talk) 10:00, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fine quality. Very good addition to the set. PeterSymonds (talk) 21:08, 27 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very good quality. --→ Ãlways Ãhëad (talk) 04:13, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sounds good. Hj108 (talk) 18:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Temporarily suspended for copyright checking Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 05:33, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted MER-C 02:44, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Nixon resignation speech

Resignation speech of United States President Richard Nixon, delivered 8 August 1974.

Richard Nixon's resignation speech - alternative version

Edited to remove the electronic buzz

Complete resignation speech by the only United States president to have stepped down from office. Good audio quality. Appears at Richard Nixon and Watergate scandal. Full text at Wikisource, linked from audio hosting file.

Nominate and support. Durova^Charge! 21:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Question Did you upload it properly? It says on my end that the file is 0.0 s long and only 3 kb in size. Z gin der 2009-03-03T03:09Z (UTC)

- Fixed Z gin der 2009-03-03T03:09Z (UTC)

Is it worth cleaning this? There's a lot of pops and noise. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:24, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Please suspend this nomination for a day. The source file is excellent, but both of my conversion programs are having trouble with it. Need to troubleshoot. Durova^Charge! 02:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I went ahead and fixed it. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 20:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Thank you very much. :) Durova^Charge! 20:16, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support I think this showed his side of the story very well. Z gin der 2009-03-03T19:09Z (UTC)
The buzz - though not particularly unusual for a recording of this period - annoyed me a bit, so I edited this to remove it. Support alternative Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 21:15, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Nixon_resignation_audio_with_buzz_removed.ogg --X clamation point 22:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ombra mai fù

1738 – Serse: "Ombra mai fù"

"Ombra mai fù" (and the introductory recitative) from George Frideric Handel's Serse, as performed by Enrico Caruso in 1920.

I think this is a fine example of the late-period Caruso, as well as being a fine example of the popular use of "Ombra mai fù" for the centuries before the revival of interest in Handel's operas.

Nominate and support. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 03:11, 28 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova^Charge! 21:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. --FordPrefect42 (talk) 14:26, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Enrico Caruso, George Frideric Handel, Ombra mai fu (Serse).ogg. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Symphony No. 4 (Mendelssohn)

1st movement: Allegro Vivace

2nd movement: Andante con Moto

3rd movement: Con Moto Moderato

4th movement: saltarello

One of the rare free recordings of a complete symphony, performed by the semi-professional Skidmore College Orchestra [3]. Except for the 1st movement, the level of performance is astonishingly high.

Nominate and support. FordPrefect42 (talk) 13:55, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I don't like the tempi of the 1st (Allegro Vivace) and 4th (Saltarello: Presto) movement - they're too slow-footed in comparison with notable and well-established interpretations. I admit, it's one of the better recordings of the Skidmore College Orchestra, however, still insufficient for our criteria. Just my opinion. Sorry --Vejvančický (talk) 17:48, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What would you think of promoting just the second and/or third movement as a "sampling" of the symphony? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather not, since if we have a complete version, we have to judge it in its entirety. It wouldn't be fair. --Vejvančický (talk) 20:40, 4 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I agree with Vejvančický. Z gin der 2009-04-19T19:53Z (UTC)

Not promoted --Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 15:24, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

March of the Volunteers

The national anthem of the People's Republic of China, March of the Volunteers, performed by the United States Navy Band.

My first FSC and the only reason I nominate is that I think it sounds great. So here goes.

Nominate and support. —Chris! _ct 19:11, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Commemt I am unsure about the compositions copyright. What info do you have on it? Zginder 2009-03-11T15:56Z (UTC)
- Since it was performed by the United States Navy Band, I guess the copyright holder is the navy, though I could be wrong.—Chris! _ct 18:41, 11 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - I am not talking about the performance copyright; I am talking about the copyright on the song, by the Chinese. Zginder 2009-03-11T22:03Z (UTC)
    - Then I don't know. I am no knowledge on these copyright issue. It would be great if someone can answer that.—Chris! _ct 03:22, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      - The music is definitely out of copyright (composer died 1935, (Copyright term life + 50). The lyrics aren't, but, well, I don't hear any lyrics, so, no problem there. Copyright checked. It might be nice if the source site had more details of the performance date, etc, though. Have you considered contacting the tape band library found at the "source" link? Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 19:05, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        No, I haven't.—Chris! _ct 23:14, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        What about U.S. copyright? Z gin der 2009-03-22T00:41Z (UTC)
        Well, how can the U.S. hold copyright for Chinese music?—Chris! _ct 00:44, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        I am talking about the copyright by the Chinese in the U.S., Wikipedia has to follow U.S copyright. Z gin der 2009-03-22T17:27Z (UTC)
        Um, the Uruguay roundtable agreements only granted an American copyright to works that were in copyright after 1996. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:29, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This has been here for almost a month. Just wondering how long a nomination will be kept on this page before archiving.—Chris! _ct 02:59, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Support Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 10:08, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support It should be clean now. Z gin der 2009-04-13T03:13Z (UTC)
Support: As for copyright in the U.S., the performance is a work of the U.S. military, so it is public domain. As for any copyright that the Chinese may or may not have held in the U.S., they would be well expired now due to age. Illegitimate Barrister 08:21, 25 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted March of the Volunteers instrumental.ogg. --MZMcBride (talk) 08:57, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]