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The sounds of earth :

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In 1997 two phonograph records named "The Voyager Golden Records" have been send in both

 Voyager spacecraft . The records contain sounds and images selected of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or for future humans, who may find them.So the records can be seen as kind of time capsule.

The two destinations are for Voyager 1 : star Gliese 445, located in the constellation Camelopardalis and for Voyager 2: star Ross 248, located in the constellation of Andromeda.The destination is situated at

12,4 light year from our solar system in which is situated an exoplanet likely to be hospitable to life!

You can discover below the differents sounds and musics register on the record and find out if your country is represented:

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Find out if your country is represented in the music send to E.T. 

  • Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40

  • Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43

  • Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08

  • Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56

  • Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26

  • Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14

  • "Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38

  • New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20

  • Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51

  • Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55

  • Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55

  • Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18

  • Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52

  • "Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05

  • Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30

  • Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35

  • Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48

  • Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20

  • Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59

  • Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57

  • Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17

  • Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12

  • Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38

  • China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37

  • India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30

  • "Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15

  • Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37

Sources :

1)https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-record/music/

2)https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/exoplanetes-extraterrestres-message-envoye-musique-42944/

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