But it won't be the end of the world, since we had another one like it
in 2004. And in 1882, for that matter.
I just happened to run across this in a web search about the composer
John Philip Sousa - who composed not just a march entitled "Transit of
Venus", but who actually wrote a novel of the same name - although the
novel was just some bagatelle about New York society, the march was
about the astronomical occurrence, in honor of the unveiling of a
statue to the scientist Joseph Henry who had passed away some time
before.
John Savard
You can listen to the "Transit of Venus" march here:
http://www.transitofvenus.org/music.htm
Dennis