We sent Stravinksi into space?

Backtrack: the crop circle thread got we wondering about communication between ETIs. That lead me to the Pioneer and Voyager probes:





The Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. It contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. It is intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form, or far future humans, that may find it. The Voyager spacecraft will take about 40,000 years to reach the distance of the star nearest the Sun, Alpha Centauri at a distance of 4.4 light-years, though neither craft is travelling toward that star.

As the probes are extremely small compared to the vastness of interstellar space, it is extraordinarily unlikely that they will ever be intercepted. If they are ever found by an alien species, it will be far in the future, and thus the record is best seen as a time capsule or a symbolic statement rather than a serious attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life.

Here is an excerpt of President Carter's official statement placed on the Voyager spacecraft for its trip outside our solar system, June 16, 1977:

We cast this message into the cosmos… Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, some — perhaps many — may have inhabited planets and space faring civilizations. If one such civilization intercepts Voyager and can understand these recorded contents, here is our message: We are trying to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope some day, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of Galactic Civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination and our goodwill in a vast and awesome universe.

That led me to a search for the music. The CDRom is long out of print but its contents can be found on the internets.

Music on the Voyager's Golden Record:

1. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40
2. Java, court gamelan, "Puspawarna" ("Kinds of Flowers,") recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
3. Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
4. Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
5. Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
6. Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14
7. "Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
8. New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20
9. Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
10. Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
11. Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
12. Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
13. Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
14. "Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05
15. Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30
16. Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35
17. Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48
18. Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
19. Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59
20. Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57
21. Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17
22. Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12
23. Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38
24. China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37
25. India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30
26. "Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15
27. Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37

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We actually unleashed Stravinsky upon an unsuspecting cosmos??!! :puke: :wtf: The horror! The horror!



(In a Saturday Night Live segment, it was announced by Steve Martin that the first message from extraterrestrials was being received. Once decoded, the message stated, "Send more Chuck Berry.")

it could have been sent after the advent of the internet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA

We could have rickrolled ET. Pay them back from trampling our barley fields.

I just had an image of ETs trampling grain using boards and string.

I don't care what you or any extraterrestrial has to say about it. :P

Stravinski's music is beautiful. The Rites of Spring and The Firebird are two of the finest symphonies ever composed. Anyone who thinks otherwise deserves to have a crop circle made in their hair.

...that we have tiny penises? No wonder no extraterrestrials have come to visit: they're still too busy laughing at that picture. I can just imagine some future first contact:

Human Representative: Welcome to earth, O travelers from a distant star.
Vice-commander Tharg of the Vradin Imperium: Yeah, whatever. Would you mind pulling down your pants? <snarfle>