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

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Citrine Hideous Place Of Business Meetinghouse
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
contagious skinny woman point
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Citrine Hideous Place Of Business Meetinghouse
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
razzle costumed hall weed whacker
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Excitant balding foreskin field
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
ruddy stage
  12/19/12
lol
Brilliant Public Bath
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
ruddy stage
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Concupiscible medicated forum
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
ruddy stage
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
irradiated fighting ceo french chef
  01/10/13
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Turquoise stimulating church
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
exhilarant shaky university candlestick maker
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
irradiated fighting ceo french chef
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
ruddy stage
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
irradiated fighting ceo french chef
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
ruddy stage
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
erotic tan home
  01/10/13
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cardboard ayatollah
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
obsidian stirring love of her life cuck
  01/10/13
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things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
twinkling razzmatazz therapy trust fund
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
ruddy stage
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
adventurous stag film
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
sapphire aromatic people who are hurt
  02/18/14
lol
irradiated fighting ceo french chef
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Dashing pearly dilemma laser beams
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Azure trip church building volcanic crater
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
laughsome milky whorehouse mexican
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
twinkling razzmatazz therapy trust fund
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
sapphire aromatic people who are hurt
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
thriller useless brakes striped hyena
  01/10/13
No
chartreuse marvelous fortuitous meteor party of the first part
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Citrine Hideous Place Of Business Meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: contagious skinny woman point

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=5310443#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Citrine Hideous Place Of Business Meetinghouse

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: razzle costumed hall weed whacker

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Excitant balding foreskin field

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: ruddy stage

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Brilliant Public Bath

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: ruddy stage

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: Concupiscible medicated forum

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=5310443#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: ruddy stage

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: irradiated fighting ceo french chef

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=5310443#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Turquoise stimulating church



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: exhilarant shaky university candlestick maker

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: irradiated fighting ceo french chef

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=5310443#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: ruddy stage

(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=5310443#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: irradiated fighting ceo french chef

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=5310443#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: ruddy stage

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=5310443#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: erotic tan home

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=5310443#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: cardboard ayatollah



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: obsidian stirring love of her life cuck

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=5310443#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: twinkling razzmatazz therapy trust fund

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: ruddy stage

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: adventurous stag film

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: sapphire aromatic people who are hurt

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: irradiated fighting ceo french chef

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Dashing pearly dilemma laser beams

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=5310443#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Azure trip church building volcanic crater

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=5310443#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: laughsome milky whorehouse mexican

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: twinkling razzmatazz therapy trust fund

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: sapphire aromatic people who are hurt

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: thriller useless brakes striped hyena

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=5310443#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: chartreuse marvelous fortuitous meteor party of the first part

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310443#30107508)