09 November 2014

The Popular Music of the Space Age: CD 86 (2006)

Популярная мусыка космического веча:
CD 86 (2006 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 86
Selection TitlePerformerRelease
Year
1Космические нимфы
Space Nymphs
неизвестный исполнитель
unknown artist
2006
2Cosmic SurfRed Elvises2006
3Picard Flute Solounknown artist2006
4Soyuz TMA-8 - LaunchMission Audio2006
5Imperial MarchAeroSith2006
6The Moon Is a Harsh MistressAlbert Lee2006
7Галактика снов
The Galaxy of Dreams
Анна Герман
Anna Gherman
2006
8STS-121 - LaunchMission Audio2006
9Космонавты
The Cosmonauts
Б.Г.
B.G.
2006
10Fly Me to the MoonBart Howard2006
11Space Monkeys in OrbitCasper del Blanco2006
12Space Is the PlaceCol. Bruce Hampton2006
13Sunset on Planet MarsCooler2006
14Космонавт Панченко
Cosmonaut Panchenko
Лесников-16
Lesnikov-16
2006
15Я - Космонавт (original miks)
I Am a Cosmonaut
Тина Чарльз
Tina Charl'z
2006

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