I started this task by listening to each piece of music on the record. My initial choices for the curation were those songs that caught my attention and I enjoyed listening to. There was nothing technical involved in my initial choices as I have absolutely no expertise in music. I refined the initial list by looking at geography. If this list is to represent Earth’s music, it should have representation from around the world. The pieces I chose also span a large period of time.
Here are my 10 choices:
- Brandenburg Concerto (First Movement)
- Percussion (Senegal)
- Pygmy Girls’ Initiation Song
- Morning Star and Devil Bird
- Johnny B. Goode
- Panpipes and Drum (Peru)
- Fifth Symphony (First Movement)
- Night Chant
- The Fairie Round
- Flowing Streams