Golden Record Sounds and Music
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 |
