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

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Stirring casino
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
180 hot scourge upon the earth
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Stirring casino
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Ruddy Out-of-control Lodge Half-breed
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Submissive box office travel guidebook
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Mint motley brethren
  12/19/12
lol
Lascivious fantasy-prone doctorate
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Mint motley brethren
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
electric learning disabled organic girlfriend
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Mint motley brethren
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes
  01/10/13
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Exciting nighttime philosopher-king shrine
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
dead gas station
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Mint motley brethren
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Mint motley brethren
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
curious sickened trust fund rehab
  01/10/13
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cardboard ayatollah
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
fluffy base
  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
Chest-beating Church Building
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Mint motley brethren
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
fuchsia jap
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Arousing Mahogany Stag Film
  02/18/14
lol
seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
adventurous locus ceo
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Idiotic nursing home
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Chest-beating Church Building
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Arousing Mahogany Stag Film
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Brilliant keepsake machete
  01/10/13
No
disrespectful wonderful home
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Stirring casino



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: 180 hot scourge upon the earth

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=5310481#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Stirring casino

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Ruddy Out-of-control Lodge Half-breed

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Submissive box office travel guidebook

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Mint motley brethren

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Lascivious fantasy-prone doctorate

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Mint motley brethren

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: electric learning disabled organic girlfriend

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=5310481#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Mint motley brethren

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes

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=5310481#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Exciting nighttime philosopher-king shrine



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: dead gas station

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes

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=5310481#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Mint motley brethren

(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=5310481#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes

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=5310481#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Mint motley brethren

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=5310481#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: curious sickened trust fund rehab

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=5310481#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=5310481#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: fluffy base

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=5310481#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=5310481#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Chest-beating Church Building

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Mint motley brethren

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: fuchsia jap

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Arousing Mahogany Stag Film

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: seedy unholy school cafeteria useless brakes

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: adventurous locus ceo

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=5310481#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Hyperactive Wild Sanctuary Candlestick Maker

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=5310481#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Idiotic nursing home

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Chest-beating Church Building

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Arousing Mahogany Stag Film

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Brilliant keepsake machete

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=5310481#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: disrespectful wonderful home

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310481#30107508)