Music that is “Out of This World”

by Mel Rosenberg - מל רוזנברג

After fruitful careers as a scientist and inventor I've gone back to what I love most - writing children's books Read More

Joined Oct 2013
Published Books 1493

The first ebook of the course:

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What songs would YOU have sent to outer space back in 1977?

Our morning class:

What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong)

Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusic

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Let it be

Imagine

Give peace a chance

Stairway to heaven

Fly me to the moon

Jailhouse Rock

Tango (yes, but which?)

Girl from Ipanema

I will always love you (added by Prof. Spitzer)

Famous Blue Raincoat (added by Mel)

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What songs would YOU have sent to outer space back in 1977?

Our afternoon class:

Rocket Man

Christian Choir

Mozart Symphony no. 40

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

A Day in the Life

Imagine

Barbra Streisand

Fly me to the moon

Hit the road, Jack

Jailhouse Rock

Something by ABBA

I will always love you (added by Prof. Spitzer)

Famous Blue Raincoat (added by Mel)

WHAT???????????NO BACH???????????????

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If you were sending a satellite into space, what music of humanity would you send to the distant galaxies?

The Voyager Interstellar Record

from Wikipedia:

The musical selection is also varied, featuring works by composers such as J. S. Bach (interpreted by Glenn Gould and by Karl Richter), Mozart, Beethoven (played by the Budapest String Quartet), and Stravinsky. The disc also includes music by Guan Pinghu, Blind Willie Johnson, Chuck Berry, Kesarbai Kerkar, Valya Balkanska, and electronic composer Laurie Spiegel, as well as Azerbaijani folk music (Mugham) by oboe player Kamil Jalilov.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] The selection of music for the record was completed by a team composed of Carl Sagan as project director, Linda Salzman Sagan, Frank Drake, Alan Lomax, Ann Druyan as creative director, artist Jon Lomberg, ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown, Timothy Ferris as producer, and Jimmy Iovine as sound engineer.^[15]^[16] The inclusion of Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode” was controversial, with Lomax claiming that rock music was “adolescent”, to which Sagan replied, “There are a lot of adolescents on the planet.”^[15] It also included the sounds of humpbacked whales from the 1970 album by Roger Payne, Songs of the Humpback Whale.^[17]

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3lxrIznkXXYS1K0PJ5_sou2QdE06Msve

full playlist here!

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Voyager Golden Record — Music Timeline

Start times are cumulative from the beginning of the music sequence (B1) through the final track (F4). Timings are based on the Ozma Records 40th‑anniversary release.

Start (mm:ss)	Length	Track
0:00	4:44	Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. Allegro — Munich Bach Orchestra / Karl Richter
4:44	4:47	Ketawang: Puspåwårnå (Kinds of Flowers) — Pura Paku Alaman Palace Orchestra / K.R.T. Wasitodipuro
9:31	2:11	Cengunmé — Mahi musicians of Benin
11:42	1:01	Alima Song — Mbuti of the Ituri Rainforest
12:43	1:29	Barnumbirr (Morning Star) and Moikoi Song — Tom Djawa, Mudpo & Waliparu
14:12	3:20	El Cascabel — Antonio Maciel & Los Aguilillas with Mariachi México de Pepe Villa
17:32	2:41	Johnny B. Goode — Chuck Berry
20:13	1:25	Mariuamangɨ — Pranis Pandang & Kumbui (Nyaura Clan)
21:38	5:04	Sokaku-Reibo (Depicting the Cranes in Their Nest) — Gorō Yamaguchi
26:42	2:58	Partita for Violin Solo No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau — Arthur Grumiaux
29:40	3:00	The Magic Flute, K. 620, Act II: Hell’s Vengeance Boils in My Heart — Edda Moser; Bavarian State Opera / Wolfgang Sawallisch
32:40	2:21	Chakrulo — Georgian State Merited Ensemble of Folk Song and Dance
35:01	0:55	Roncadoras and Drums — Musicians from Ancash
35:56	3:06	Melancholy Blues — Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
39:02	2:35	Muğam — Kamil Jalilov
41:37	4:38	The Rite of Spring, Part II: VI. Sacrificial Dance — Columbia Symphony Orchestra / Igor Stravinsky
46:15	4:51	he Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II: Prelude & Fugue No. 1 in C Major, BWV 870 — Glenn GouldT
51:06	8:49	Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio — Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer
59:55	5:04	Izlel e Delyu Haydutin — Valya Balkanska
64:59	1:01	Navajo Night Chant, Yeibichai Dance — Ambrose Roan Horse, Chester Roan & Tom Roan
66:00	1:17	The Fairie Round — Early Music Consort of London / David Munrow
67:17	1:15	Naranaratana Kookokoo (The Cry of the Megapode Bird) — Solomon Islands panpipes
68:32	0:42	Wedding Song — Young girl of Huancavelica
69:14	7:36	Liu Shui (Flowing Streams) — Guan Pinghu
76:50	3:34	Bhairavi: Jaat Kahan Ho — Kesarbai Kerkar
80:24	3:22	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground — Blind Willie Johnson
83:46	6:41	String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130: V. Cavatina — Budapest String Quartet