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Johann Strauss' The Blue Danube to be broadcast into deep space

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The Blue Danube , by Johann Strauss , will be beamed into the cosmos on 31 May .

It will be performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and livestreamed in Vienna , Madrid , and New York .

The music famously featured in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 movie, 2001 : A Space Odyssey, will pass the moon in just 1.5 seconds .

Strauss was overlooked from Voyager Golden Records broadcasts in 1977 .

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