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"It's just irresistable; lets put a message on them,

the same way you put a message in a bottle and throw it into earth's ocean.

Yes, it would be great if someone on the other side of the world found your bottle with your message in it and wrote back to you or contacted you.

We are made of stardust,

So you and I, all of us,

are atleast one way the universe knows itself.

And that fills me with reverence everyday."

Bill Nye

I did more research on the voyager project and it made me think about humanity and our place in the universe, the song talks about a journey and I think this journey is symbolic for a lot of hopes and fears we have about life, death, being remembered ect. I watched a video which was narrated by Bill Nye about the project.

Lizzie

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Collection of music tracks used for the Voyager Golden Record 

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Collection of music tracks used for the Voyager Golden Record 

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The collection of music tracks, including 'Jaat Kahan' was created in a year, with the priority of including as many cultures as possible. The only controversy I could find about the selection, though, was of "Johnny B. Goode" a rock song, being used.

- Joshua

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The following music was included on the Voyager record.

Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40

Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43

Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08

Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56

Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26

Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14

"Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38

New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20

Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51

Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55

Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55

Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18

Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52

"Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05

Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30

Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35

Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48

Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20

Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59

Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57

Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17

Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12

Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38

China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37

India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30

"Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15

Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37

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The following music was included on the Voyager record. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40 Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43 Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08 Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEzcFXRKHUw

Complete Version of Voyager Golden Record, which is supposed to be a representation of humanity on Earth, starting with a variety of greetings in different languages.

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Voyager Golden Record.Complete version audio and images.

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A collection of videos around this song, including a link to the complete version of the Voyager Golden Record.

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Orange for the sitar, pink for the vocals, blue for the drum rhythms.

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Graphic Score research Kesarbai Kerkar Jaat Kahan Ho Akeli, Gori

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What instruments can you hear?

Sitar, drums, vocals

How are they played?

A sitar is played almost like a guitar, but it is 4ft in length, it is capable of the all-natural scale, the lydian flat-7 scale, minor scales etc. it can play ‘ragas’ which are like scales but also like compositions.

What is the structure of the track?

Starts with vocals and the sitar, then builds with drums. As the track continues it gets more emotional. There are repeated motifs but also varying melodies throughout.

Are there any defined sections or movements?

After about 2 minutes, vocals start to get more intense.

Does it build, speed up, slow down?

It builds in vocals and intensity, the speed remains the same for most of the song, but then a sudden increase in speed happens near the end.

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The track is moving at 34,000 miles per hour in deep outer space, it launched in 1977 and as of august 2022 its roughly 19.5 billion km away. The Record is actually carried on both voyager 1 and 2 in the form of a gold plated copper disc. She was a classical khayal singer from india and the song is sang in Hindi. The Lyrics sing about the concern of a mother for her daughters welfare as she comes of age and is going out. This song and its legacy captures the worry of watching the voyage of someone else to an uncertain destination.

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I did some studies of people celebrating Holi. Holi is the spring festival mentioned in the song.

It was interesting to analyse the Raga used in the song too, as it is used as both a mode for morning songs or prayers, as well as used in songs at the ends of concerts. The lyrics are about a girl leaving, renouncing her current life for a more spiritual one, which parallels nicely with the raga used, for both the beginning and end of something. It is both sad but also celebratory. This also draws another parallel with the use of the song on the Golden Record, the song leaves earth to be a record of humanity in space, it was made for a certain audience but left earth as an audience for something alien/humanity in the future/a different purpose?

Lizzie

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Kieran

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Kesarbai Kerbar ‘Jaat kahan ho akeli, gori’

What is your initial response to the music?

Feels emotional and almost prayerful. The use of the sitar and chanting also makes it different from western music.

Who wrote it, when, who for? Wider historical context?

I think it is based on an old Indian song, interpreted by singer Kesarbai Kerkar. It was included in the ‘Voyager Golden Record’ which was a record sent into space aboard the Voyager 1 + 2 spacecraft in 1977(?)

How is it structured? What instrumentation has been used?

Sitar, vocals, drum beat. These build and the vocals become more emotional as the track continues.

Are there any narrative implications suggested in the work?

This was an interpretation of ‘raga Bhairavi’. A raga has roots in Hinduism, and therefore has a spiritual and devotional atmosphere. It could have been seen as an act of worship but I’m not sure what the translation of the lyrics are.

Any sense of characterisation suggested in the work?

I am not sure what the lyrics say, but it sounds like someone pleading for something, or someone who is very emotional or earnest. Sounds like a prayer.

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I dont know why there are two pages but oh well

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Kersarbai Kerkar, Jaat Kahan Ho Akeli, Gori

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Scannable Document on 14 Mar 2023 at 13_44_25

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James

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Upload the outcome of your research task - label it with your name and the activity you selected. Connect it to either Primary or Secondary!

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Kesarbai Kerkar (केसरबाई केरकर, 1892 -1977) was a classical vocalist, the most prominent disciple of Alladiya Khan (1855-1946), the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was one of the most noted Indian classical 'khayal' singers of the 20th century. This thumri of her's in Raga Bhairavi, Taal Deepchandi, is part of the golden disk aboard the Voyager I & II spacecraft that carries a record of humanity's achievements and aspirations into interstellar space.

जा'त कहाँ हो अकेली गोरी, जाने न पैय्यों
केसर रंग के माठ भये होय, होरी खेलत कान्हा रे

Jaat kahan ho, akeli gori, jaane na paiyyon
Where do you go alone, girl, do your feet not know?

Kesar rang ke maath bhaye hoy, Hori khelat Kanha re
The fields are colored saffron, Krishna plays Holi (there I go.)

The sense is that of a companion or elder asking the young lady where she ventures by herself. She answers: Krishna (Kanha) is calling, playing Holi (Hori) in the fields, they are (i.e. my world is) become the color of renunciation.

Quo Vadis? We could ask that of any Voyager.

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Kesarbai Kerkar (केसरबाई केरकर, 1892 -1977) was a classical vocalist, the most prominent disciple of Alladiya Khan (1855-1946), the founder of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. She was one of the most noted Indian classical 'khayal' singers of the 20th century.

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Song: Kesarbai Kerkar - ‘Jaat kahan ho akeli, gori’ (Where are you going alone, girl)

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Song: Kesarbai Kerkar - ‘Jaat kahan ho akeli, gori’ (Where are you going alone, girl)

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Voyager's Golden Record: Jaat Kahan Ho by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar

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