What Space "Sounds" Like
Series: Art/Space: Art and Outer Space Come Together
From: ARTSEDGE
Length: 00:11:20
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For as long as people have been putting words to music, they have tried to make the music express what they are talking about. While the idea of "outer space" is relatively new, people have been writing about the stars and the moon forever. This piece looks at the many ways artists have depicted "space" in music. The piece is narrated by Roger Launius of the Space History Division of the National Air and Space Museum, and features Miles Hoffman, commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, John Dennis, who created the music for Disneyland's Space Mountain, and Jonn Serrie, the nation's leading composer of music for planetarium shows.
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Piece Description
For as long as people have been putting words to music, they have tried to make the music express what they are talking about. While the idea of "outer space" is relatively new, people have been writing about the stars and the moon forever. This piece looks at the many ways artists have depicted "space" in music. The piece is narrated by Roger Launius of the Space History Division of the National Air and Space Museum, and features Miles Hoffman, commentator for NPR's Morning Edition, John Dennis, who created the music for Disneyland's Space Mountain, and Jonn Serrie, the nation's leading composer of music for planetarium shows.
Timing and Cues
IN: (music) This is "Arts/Space"
OQ: for the performing arts
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Requiem, Op.48: 7. In Paradisum | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, John Birch & Sir Neville Marriner | Faure: Requiem, Ravel: Pavane & Others. | Philips | 1995 | 00:00 |
| Main Title (From "Star Wars") | John Williams | John Williams - Greatest Hits (1969-1999). | Sony | 1999 | 00:00 |
| Requiem, Op. 5: II. Dies Irae Prosa - Tuba Mirum | Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa & Tanglewood Festival Chorus | Berlioz - Requiem / Cole ? Boston SO ? Tanglewood Festival Chorus ? Ozawa. | RCA | 1994 | 00:00 |
| Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 "Choral" in D Minor, IV | Andre Previn & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Prometheus Overture. | RCA | 1993 | 00:00 |
| Holst: The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VII. Neptune, the Mystic | Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic | Holst: The Planets; Walton: Facade. | Sony | 1996 | 00:00 |
| Lux Aeterna by Gyorgy Legetti | Stuttgart Schola Cantorum | 2001: A Space Odyssey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1996 Reissue). | Rhino / WEA | 1996 | 00:00 |
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