Custodian of the Tiara of Traffic

Custodian of the Tiara of Traffic
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Thursday, June 23, 2011

International Standard Music Number?

A visitor to the "Radioquarium" asked why musical compositions couldn't be identified by a specific number, akin to the International Standard Book Number, the DNA identifier for books. I explained the opus numbers assigned within each composer's output identifies compositions, but only within that composer's oeuvre.

Is the ISMN a practical idea? Insane? At the very least, it would be time consuming. But a lot of people have time on their hands.

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