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

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tan hot hairy legs institution
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Chocolate library
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
tan hot hairy legs institution
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Nighttime Primrose International Law Enforcement Agency Orchestra Pit
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
deep charismatic telephone
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
razzle-dazzle henna kitchen
  12/19/12
lol
Fragrant Boistinker
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
razzle-dazzle henna kitchen
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Jet beta marketing idea
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
razzle-dazzle henna kitchen
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse
  01/10/13
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Dark impertinent bawdyhouse
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
dashing sinister parlour depressive
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
razzle-dazzle henna kitchen
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
razzle-dazzle henna kitchen
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Frum parlor
  01/10/13
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Bateful School Cafeteria Jew
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Razzmatazz maniacal senate gay wizard
  01/10/13
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coral trip heaven
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Anal adventurous university
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
razzle-dazzle henna kitchen
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
dun angry abode
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
disturbing candlestick maker shrine
  02/18/14
lol
Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
twisted shitlib
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
gay contagious mad-dog skullcap set
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Anal adventurous university
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
disturbing candlestick maker shrine
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
vivacious plaza
  01/10/13
No
comical temple kitty
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: tan hot hairy legs institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Chocolate library

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: tan hot hairy legs institution

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Nighttime Primrose International Law Enforcement Agency Orchestra Pit

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: deep charismatic telephone

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle henna kitchen

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Fragrant Boistinker

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle henna kitchen

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: Jet beta marketing idea

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle henna kitchen

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Dark impertinent bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: dashing sinister parlour depressive

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle henna kitchen

(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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle henna kitchen

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Frum parlor

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Bateful School Cafeteria Jew



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Razzmatazz maniacal senate gay wizard

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: coral trip heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Anal adventurous university

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle henna kitchen

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: dun angry abode

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: vivacious plaza

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: vivacious plaza

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: disturbing candlestick maker shrine

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Arousing Splenetic Whorehouse

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: twisted shitlib

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Olive Learning Disabled Deer Antler Knife

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: gay contagious mad-dog skullcap set

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Anal adventurous university

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: disturbing candlestick maker shrine

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: vivacious plaza

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: comical temple kitty

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#30107508)