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Media of the day This file was selected as the media of the day for 5 October 2010. It was captioned as follows:
English: "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Richard Wagner's 1870 opera Die Walküre, the second opera in the sequence Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Other languages
Català: La cavalcada de les valquíries, interpretada per l'American Symphony Orchestra per a Edison Records en 1921.
Dansk: Valkyrieridtet opført af American Symphony Orchestra for Edison Records i 1921.
Deutsch: "Ritt der Walküren" aus Die Walküre, dem zweiten Teil des Hauptwerks Der Ring des Nibelungen von Richard Wagner, uraufgeführt im Jahr 1870.
English: "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Richard Wagner's 1870 opera Die Walküre, the second opera in the sequence Der Ring des Nibelungen.
Français : La chevauchée des Walkyries, interprété par l'American Symphony Orchestra pour Edison Records en 1921.

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English: "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Richard Wagner's 1870 opera Die Walküre, the second opera in the sequence Der Ring des Nibelungen. Performed by the American Symphony Orchestra for Edison Records. This is Edison Diamond Disc 80638-R, Matrix 7846-B-1-6, NPS object catalog number: EDIS 41877
Català: La cavalcada de les valquíries, interpretada per l'American Symphony Orchestra per a Edison Records en 1921.
Dansk: Valkyrieridtet opført af American Symphony Orchestra for Edison Records i 1921.
Deutsch: "Ritt der Walküren" aus Die Walküre, dem zweiten Teil des Hauptwerks Der Ring des Nibelungen von Richard Wagner, uraufgeführt im Jahr 1870.
Français : La chevauchée des Walkyries, interprété par l'American Symphony Orchestra pour Edison Records en 1921.
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Source Park Service Menlo Park site, Classical Music collection
Author Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
Other versions File:Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries original.ogg - Original file (Ogg)
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Hiss reduced through noise removal tools and equalisation. Beat removed in the start..

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May be copyrighted in some countries 		The assets of Edison Records have been transferred to the National Park Service. These recordings may be considered public domain through the donation (this is unclear), or otherwise orphan works as copyright has not been asserted by the National Park Service or any successors to Edison Records.

Sound recordings that were first published prior to January 1, 1924 are in the public domain in the United States. For Edison Records recordings that were published before 1924 and that do not incorporate preexisting copyrighted material, the template {{PD-US-record-expired}} may be applicable.


Note: The restored MP3 versions of the recordings from the University of California Santa Barbara Library are available only under an unacceptable non-commercial license.[1] Unedited raw (.wav) versions were formerly available from that site under a dedication into the public domain; while they are no longer available, those .wav files downloaded before the change in policy (dated June 2009) can still be used freely.

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current00:15, 29 May 20104 min 18 s (2.19 MB)Adam CuerdenReverted to version as of 03:13, 10 October 2009: That sounds liek it's coming from under the ocean. Please upload to new filenames.
23:10, 28 May 20104 min 18 s (2.61 MB)DendodgeIncrease gain and quieten annoying brushing sound slightly.
22:55, 28 May 20104 min 18 s (2.26 MB)DendodgeFurther noise reduction. Through fiddling with the settings, I managed to get rid of more hissing without (as far as my non-musically trained ear can tell) reducing the quality.
03:13, 10 October 20094 min 18 s (2.19 MB)Adam Cuerden{{Information |Description= "The Ride of the Valkyries" from Richard Wagner's 1870 opera ''Die Walküre'', the second opera in the sequence ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Performed by the American Symphony Orchestra for Edison Records This is Edison Diamon

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