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"Chopin is the greatest piano composer" Y/N?

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Vermilion galvanic theater fat ankles
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Carmine Arrogant Kitchen Regret
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Vermilion galvanic theater fat ankles
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Dead temple
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
grizzly passionate headpube
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
charismatic keepsake machete main people
  12/19/12
lol
fighting address ape
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
charismatic keepsake machete main people
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
tan locus pozpig
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
charismatic keepsake machete main people
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Hairraiser property goal in life
  01/10/13
...
Tantric heady round eye school cafeteria
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
submissive odious bawdyhouse pocket flask
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Hairraiser property goal in life
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
charismatic keepsake machete main people
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Hairraiser property goal in life
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
charismatic keepsake machete main people
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
hairless duck-like principal's office water buffalo
  01/10/13
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cock and awe
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Dull ticket booth yarmulke
  01/10/13
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A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Drab supple wagecucks
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
charismatic keepsake machete main people
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
topaz dopamine
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
purple titillating filthpig menage
  02/18/14
lol
Hairraiser property goal in life
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Filthy abode haunted graveyard
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
blathering den
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Drab supple wagecucks
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
purple titillating filthpig menage
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Buck-toothed shimmering background story
  01/10/13
No
mewling potus idiot
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Vermilion galvanic theater fat ankles



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Carmine Arrogant Kitchen Regret

I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Vermilion galvanic theater fat ankles

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just like the same few pieces by him, which tbf are great.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Dead temple

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: grizzly passionate headpube

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: charismatic keepsake machete main people

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: fighting address ape

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: charismatic keepsake machete main people

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not compose it for the piano obv

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: tan locus pozpig

Bach, actually.

Wrote more complicated shit than most of the other composers people generally speak of when they're talking about goat composers and was considered the father of baroque music.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: charismatic keepsake machete main people

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he was a late baroque composer. He was more like the pinnacle of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Hairraiser property goal in life

I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 seconds before expounding on xo next time, huh breh?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Tantric heady round eye school cafeteria



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: submissive odious bawdyhouse pocket flask

Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than three or four piano pieces by Satie that you know?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Hairraiser property goal in life

He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sense to compare him to Chopin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist's piano composer, if you know what I mean. Not that that's all that matters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: charismatic keepsake machete main people

(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist and easy. fun little pieces to play for girls, but it gets boring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Hairraiser property goal in life

I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His compositions are intentionally very limited. Nothing else quite gives me the same feeling as listening to the Gymnopedies, but it's a static kind of sensation, at least for me.

I like him, but it's almost as if he's not a "composer" in the same sense as someone like Chopin.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

music for people who don't really like music

now this is piano music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDY2E8LGpDI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: charismatic keepsake machete main people

Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to piano literature

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: hairless duck-like principal's office water buffalo

Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he was doing in the Hammerklavier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: cock and awe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Dull ticket booth yarmulke

Cr

I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the objective brilliance of beethoven is off the charts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Drab supple wagecucks

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: charismatic keepsake machete main people

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: topaz dopamine

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdllqgXqyA >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiwmOJPGMjs

argerich too, you sexist shit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Pyf4sr6HDo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano composition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spotify, not realizing I had a Busoni thing running in the background on youtube and I was like "Holy shit this is the craziest thing I've ever heard, arhythmic, microtonal music written for two pianos out-of-tune with each other"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzewski's variations on "the people united will never be defeated"

it's pretty long (50 min) so if that's too much here's something cool from a little-known composer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-K0sFpJRyA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: purple titillating filthpig menage

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Hairraiser property goal in life

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Filthy abode haunted graveyard

Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Translucent costumed trailer park boistinker

One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have to thank for it being played on piano.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: blathering den

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool recordings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp81bUoH3u4 -- heifetz plays the slow mvmt from dohnanyi's "ruralia hungarica"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Drab supple wagecucks

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonata - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxtgKDLzlLw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as it should be: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Buh6lu3eU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71hNl_skTZQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3qrv3Yv0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVt9aYL3hs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEKU2A_B6tA

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered by the piano: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFXpcZoQPFw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soFlEZAMYw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: purple titillating filthpig menage

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTHXYd4c

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYgZbSbEvO8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Buck-toothed shimmering background story

i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quartets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx0_Pb-kVTM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl3ckjAgxqI

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: mewling potus idiot

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2",#30107508)