My curated 10 pieces of music, selected from the 27 pieces of music included in the Golden Record:

1. Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
2. Australia, Aborigine songs, “Morning Star” and “Devil Bird,” recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
3. Mexico, “El Cascabel,” performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14
4. “Johnny B. Goode,” written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
5. Japan, shakuhachi, “Tsuru No Sugomori” (“Crane’s Nest,”) performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
6. Georgian S.S.R., chorus, “Tchakrulo,” collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
7. Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
8. Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20
9. China, ch’in, “Flowing Streams,” performed by Kuan P’ing-hu. 7:37
10. India, raga, “Jaat Kahan Ho,” sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30

Of the 27 pieces of music, I focused on organizing the pieces of music geographically and I selected 10 pieces that capture different styles from around the world. I started by identifying any pieces originating by the same artist or from the same region and narrowed those pieces down to one. For example, Bach and Beethoven are both German composers so while both influential, only a single piece originating from Germany was curated as part of my 10 pieces. Similarly, there were at least three different American pieces of music, and I selected only one piece as part of my 10 pieces to ensure American-style music was not overrepresented. My final 10 pieces represent a collection of geographically-diverse music pieces.