Athanasius Kircher gave a brief realization of the music of the spheres in Musurgia Universalis (1650). Saturn, Jupiter, and Mars correspond to the soprano; the sun to the alto; Venus, Mercury, and the moon to the tenor; and the earth to the bass. I expanded his four measures to a hundred. He suggested that the planets orbit through the modes; I added key changes and ornamentation.
This is inevitably ambient. I suspect a concert audience would not be entertained. If you like, you can make it longer by repeating the first 96 measures a few times, and then closing with the last four.
3 responses so far ↓
1 mamie caton // Mar 10, 2018 at 2:28 am
Could one repeat it 48 times if in a hurry?
2 Doug // Mar 10, 2018 at 10:29 am
If you’re in a hurry, there are always advertising jingles. They’re short and tuneful.
3 name String Quartets // Aug 18, 2018 at 2:06 pm
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