String Quartet in Four Parts (1950). John Cage /itunes signature maker/

Jason Freeman's iTunes signature maker is a Java applet that analyzes your iTunes library and creates an audio signature of selected contents. In this case (MP3 here), it's twenty of my highest-rated tracks:

• Musica ricercata: III. Allegro con spirito. Pierre Charial, Barrel Organ; Francoise Terrioux, metronomes; Jurgen Hocker, player pianos. Ligeti Edition 5 Mechanical Music re-import
• John McLaughlin. Miles Davis The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions (Disc 1)
• String Quartet In Four Parts - 4. Quodlibet. LaSalle Quartet LaSalle Quartet - Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Mayuzumi, Cage
• Summertime. Miles Davis. Blue Moods
• La Forme. Kraftwerk. Tour de France Soundtrack
• Un Grand Sommeil Noir (Orchestral Version). Riccardo Chailly; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Varese - The Complete Works (Disc 1)
• Megamix. Tranquility Bass. Reich Remixed
• Music in Twelve Parts: Part 3. Philip Glass Ensemble. Music in twelve parts (disc one)
• Epistrophy - Thelonius Monk. Monk In Paris: Live At The Olympia
• Satyagraha (Act 3, Conclusion) Bruce Brubaker. Music for Piano by Philip Glass and John Cage
• Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles). The Arcade Fire. Funeral
• Pastoral Composure. Matthew Shipp. Pastoral Composure
• I'm Gonna Booglarize You Baby. Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band. The Dust Blows Forward - An Anthology (Disc 1)
• Leroy Kyrie. The Tallis Scholars / Peter Phillips John Taverner / Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas
• Symphony No.2 "Antar" Largo - Allegro Giocoso. Bergen Philharmonic Dmitri Kitaienho. Rimsky-Korsakov. Symphonies 1-2-3 Caprricio Espagnol-Russian Easter festival
• Shadow And Act. Junkboy. Wire Tapper 13
• Prelude For Piano Trio (1924). Music From Copland House. The Chamber Music Of Aaron Copland
• All Along The Watchtower. Bob Dylan. John Wesley Harding
• Un Grand sommeil Noir (Original Version). Chailly - ASKO Ensemble. Varese Chailly 2
• In A Silent Way/It's About That Time. Miles Davis. In A Silent Way

The ensemble fragments get lost in the mix versus the jazz and vocal but an interesting summation nonetheless. Think of it as the aural equivalent of Jen Vetterli's mood boards.

Jason Freeman works here.

Comments

[jen]

Hey, that's pretty cool! Maybe I'll try doing an audio collage one week instead of a visual mood board.

Thanks for the link, BTW.

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