16 September 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 32 (1977)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 32 (1977 г.)

The annual global celebration of "Yuri's Night," commemorating the April 1961 flight of Vostok 1, increases in popularity every year. As we enter the second half-century of human spaceflight, it is a time to reflect on the development of global space culture. It began in the 1950's as two distinct cultures--Soviet and American--reflecting the Cold War rivalry that fueled the Space Race. In the intervening decades there has been a blending of these two initial cultures, other nations have added their cultural voices, and the center of the emerging global space culture has shifted. National space cultures have displayed different emphases on science fiction and UFO themes versus devotion to national astronautic accomplishments. These and other factors may be leading cultural indicators of the vigor of national space efforts and their relevance to the global thrust into the final frontier.

The researcher seeks co-researchers with backgrounds in cultural anthropology and musicology with a strong interest in space history. Of particular interest is collaboration with researchers who are familiar with space-themed music from non-English speaking cultures.

At present, the music collection of nearly 1500 tracks is organized chronologically into 100 segments, each approximating the running time of a compact disc (CD), which include voice clips of important events to provide historical context. The play lists are being rolled out incrementally as research continues. Most of the music can be found online and downloaded free of charge. In addition, a library of song lyrics is in development.

This is music to fly to Mars by. If you listened to one hour every day, you would almost be there at the end of this collection!

CD 32
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Star WarsMeco1977
2Voyager - Greetings From Earth 7Golden Record1977
3Мне приснился шум дождя
It Had the Sound of Rain
Надежда Чепага и ВладиславКоннов
Nadezhda Chepaga and Vladislav Konnov
1977
4Theme From Star TrekMontefiori Cocktail1977
5Destination MoonNorman Connors1977
6Voyager - Greetings From Earth 8Golden Record1977
7Spaceship SuperstarPrism1977
8Cygnus X-1Rush1977
9Tango in SpaceSpace1977
10Voyager - Greetings From Earth 9Golden Record1977
11Rocket Man (Version 2)Spotnicks1977
12Moon RiderUp With People1977
13Star TrekVentures1977
14Voyager - Greetings From Earth 10Golden Record1977
15Звездная песня неба
Starry Sky Song
Евгенич Головин (Давида Тухманова - Вларимира Фирсова
Yevgenij Golovin (Davida Tukhmanova - Vladimira Firsova)
1977

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