Pieces of music on the Voyager Golden Record

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The pieces of music on the Voyager Golden Record form the fourth and final section on the interstellar data disk. 27 different pieces of music were selected for this. The genres range from ballet , choral music , gamelan , jazz , chamber music , piano music , mariachi , opera , Qin , Renaissance music , rock 'n' roll , percussion instrument , shakuhachi , Symphony , Spiritual , String Quartet , Violin Sonata , vocal music (five titles) and Folk music (with five titles). The total playing time of the pieces of music is one hour, 27 minutes and 16 seconds (87:16 minutes).

music

The pieces of music are sorted in the order in which they are on the data disk.

# Composer or country title Interpreter Recorded by Music genre length
1 Johann Sebastian Bach 2. Brandenburg Concerto, first movement Munich Bach Orchestra , Karl Richter (conductor) Chamber music 4:40
2 Mangkunegara IV Court Gamelan Puspawarna ( Javanese for types of flowers ) Robert E. Brown Gamelan 4:43
3 Senegal Senegalese percussion instruments Charles Duvelle Percussion instrument 2:08
4th Zaire Initiation song of the pygmy girls Colin Turnbull Vocal music 0:56
5 Australia Aboriginal songs: morning star and devil bird Sandra LeBrun Holmesl Vocal music 1:26
6th Lorenzo Barcelata El Cascabel Mariachi México Mariachi 3:14
7th Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry Rock and roll 2:38
8th New Guinea Men's house singing Robert MacLannan Vocal music 1:20
9 Japan Tsuru No Sugomori (Crane Nest) Goro Yamaguchi Shakuhachi 4:51
10 Johann Sebastian Bach Gavotte en rondeaux from Partita III in E major for solo violin Arthur Grumiaux Violin sonata 2:55
11 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Aria of the Queen of the Night (No. 14) from the opera Die Zauberflöte Bavarian State Opera Munich, Edda Moser (soloist), Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) Opera 2:55
12 Georgian SSR Tchakrulo Choir Radio Moscow Choral music 2:18
13 Peru Pan flutes and drum Casa de la Cultura, Lima Folk music 0:52
14th United States Melancholy blues Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven jazz 3:05
15th Azerbaijani SSR Bagpipes Radio Moscow Folk music 2:30
16 Igor Stravinsky Sacrificial dance from Le sacre du printemps Columbia Symphony Orchestra , Igor Stravinsky (conductor) ballet 4:35
17th Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C major, Well-Tempered Clavier Part II / 1 Glenn Gould Piano music 4:48
18th Ludwig van Beethoven First movement of the 5th symphony Philharmonia Orchestra , Otto Klemperer (conductor) symphony 7:20
19th Bulgaria Izlel je Delyo Haydutin Valya Balkanska Folk music 4:59
20th Navajo Indians Song of the night Navajo Indians Vocal music 0:57
21st Anthony Holborne The Fairie Round from Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs The Early Music Consort of London Renaissance music 1:17
22nd Solomon Islands Pan flutes Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service Folk music 1:12
23 Peru Wedding chant John Cohen Folk music 0:38
24 China Flowing streams Kuan P'ing-hu Qin 7:37
25th India Raga Jaat Kahan Ho Surshri Kesa Bai Kerkar Vocal music 3:30
26th Blind Willie Johnson Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Blind Willie Johnson Spiritual 3:15
27 Ludwig van Beethoven Fifth movement (Cavatina) of the String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major op.130 Budapest String Quartet String quartet 6:37

literature

  • Sagan, Drake, Lomberg et al .: Signals from the Earth. Our planet introduces itself . Droemersche Verlagsanstalt Th. Knaur Nachf., Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-426-03676-2 (English: Murmurs of Earth. The Voyager Interstellar Record . German-language paperback edition without replica CD-ROM).
    • Timothy Ferris: The Music of the Voyager Capsules; Pp. 206-224 and 233-254

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Music from Earth - Music on Voyager Record on the NASA website

Web links

Commons : Images for the Voyager Golden Record  collection of images, videos, and audio files