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

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Spectacular apoplectic antidepressant drug toaster
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Swashbuckling parlour
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Spectacular apoplectic antidepressant drug toaster
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
black zippy haunted graveyard
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
iridescent coffee pot
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker
  12/19/12
lol
laughsome doobsian idea he suggested
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
dashing plum doctorate mad-dog skullcap
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
bearded masturbator
  01/10/13
...
Glittery Generalized Bond
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Azure National
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
bearded masturbator
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
bearded masturbator
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Gold school cafeteria pervert
  01/10/13
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cardboard ayatollah
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Chrome stain pisswyrm
  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
180 nursing home puppy
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
khaki irradiated international law enforcement agency
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
titillating set
  02/18/14
lol
bearded masturbator
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
fear-inspiring federal crackhouse
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Razzle-dazzle shimmering fortuitous meteor
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
180 nursing home puppy
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
titillating set
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Hyperventilating Main People
  01/10/13
No
beta cyan menage
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Spectacular apoplectic antidepressant drug toaster



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Swashbuckling parlour

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=5310751#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Spectacular apoplectic antidepressant drug toaster

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: black zippy haunted graveyard

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: iridescent coffee pot

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: laughsome doobsian idea he suggested

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: dashing plum doctorate mad-dog skullcap

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=5310751#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: bearded masturbator

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=5310751#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Glittery Generalized Bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Azure National

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: bearded masturbator

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=5310751#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker

(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=5310751#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: bearded masturbator

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=5310751#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker

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=5310751#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Gold school cafeteria pervert

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=5310751#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=5310751#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Chrome stain pisswyrm

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=5310751#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=5310751#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: 180 nursing home puppy

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Talented Demanding Theater Stage Weed Whacker

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: khaki irradiated international law enforcement agency

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: titillating set

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: bearded masturbator

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: fear-inspiring federal crackhouse

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=5310751#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Razzmatazz Home Son Of Senegal

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=5310751#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle shimmering fortuitous meteor

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: 180 nursing home puppy

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: titillating set

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Hyperventilating Main People

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=5310751#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: beta cyan menage

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310751#30107508)