Sounds of Earth

The following is a listing of sounds electronically placed onboard the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft.

Music from Earth

The following music was included on the Voyager record.

Country of origin
Composition
Artist(s)
Length
Germany
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
United States
"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
Germany
Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin
performed by Arthur Grumiaux
2:55
Austria
Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14
Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor
2:55
Georgia
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
United States
"Melancholy Blues"
performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven
3:05
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes
recorded by Radio Moscow
2:30
Russia
Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor
4:35
Germany
Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1.
Glenn Gould, piano
4:48
Germany
Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement
the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor
7:20
Bulgaria
"Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin"
sung by Valya Balkanska
4:59
United States
Navajo Indians, Night Chant
recorded by Willard Rhodes
0:57
United Kingdom
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
United States
"Dark Was the Night"
written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson
3:15
Germany
Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina
performed by Budapest String Quartet
6:37
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