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

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Marvelous Stage Halford
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
electric mad-dog skullcap
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Marvelous Stage Halford
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Razzmatazz station
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
boyish lemon half-breed rigor
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Vivacious startled keepsake machete theater stage
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Multi-colored sienna laser beams
  12/19/12
lol
fiercely-loyal nudist haunted graveyard weed whacker
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Multi-colored sienna laser beams
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Razzmatazz station
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
180 Masturbator Plaza
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Multi-colored sienna laser beams
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
trip community account
  01/10/13
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Violet Abnormal Degenerate Lodge
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Talented Hideous Crotch
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
trip community account
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Multi-colored sienna laser beams
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
trip community account
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Multi-colored sienna laser beams
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
racy dull codepig
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
adventurous shrine genital piercing
  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
Frisky burgundy goyim locale
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Multi-colored sienna laser beams
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Red misanthropic liquid oxygen point
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
bateful indian lodge
  02/18/14
lol
trip community account
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
vigorous adulterous old irish cottage
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Razzmatazz station
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Demanding Partner House
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Frisky burgundy goyim locale
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
bateful indian lodge
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm
  01/10/13
No
Histrionic Dysfunction
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Marvelous Stage Halford



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: electric mad-dog skullcap

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=5310900#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Marvelous Stage Halford

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: boyish lemon half-breed rigor

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Vivacious startled keepsake machete theater stage

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Multi-colored sienna laser beams

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal nudist haunted graveyard weed whacker

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Multi-colored sienna laser beams

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: 180 Masturbator Plaza

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=5310900#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Multi-colored sienna laser beams

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: trip community account

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=5310900#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Violet Abnormal Degenerate Lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Talented Hideous Crotch

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: trip community account

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=5310900#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Multi-colored sienna laser beams

(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=5310900#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: trip community account

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=5310900#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Multi-colored sienna laser beams

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=5310900#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: racy dull codepig

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=5310900#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: China



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: adventurous shrine genital piercing

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=5310900#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=5310900#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Frisky burgundy goyim locale

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Multi-colored sienna laser beams

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Red misanthropic liquid oxygen point

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: bateful indian lodge

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: trip community account

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: vigorous adulterous old irish cottage

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=5310900#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Razzmatazz station

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=5310900#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Demanding Partner House

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Frisky burgundy goyim locale

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: bateful indian lodge

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Ungodly bespoke circlehead pisswyrm

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=5310900#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Histrionic Dysfunction

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310900#30107508)