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Re: Gould aboard Voyager 2



> I found the list (follows) at
> http://vraptor.jpl.nasa.gov/voyager/music.html . Note that The WTC C Maj
> P&F is listed as from Book II, though I've seen it elsewhere given as Book
> I (Friedrich bio?). Which is it?? I have wondered if aliens would
> appreciate GG's (IMHO) rather quirky Book I prelude.(any aliens on f_minor
> list?) This site also refers to a book, "Murmurs of Earth" by Sagan, Drake,
> Lomberg et.al., which they call the "definitive work" on the Voyager disk.
> Info on GG within?
> 
> Rick
>
>         Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C,
> No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48

I have the entire Voyager Record in the book, "Murmurs of the Earth"
(with combo CD-ROM/audio CD), which I left at my permanent residence
(I'm off at college), but I recall that the Prelude and Fugue in C is
indeed from the WTC Book II.

Brian Eisemann