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

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Clear Bossy Public Bath Personal Credit Line
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Buck-toothed Charcoal Degenerate Corner
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Clear Bossy Public Bath Personal Credit Line
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Cracking dark stead
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Ruddy Geriatric Den
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
swashbuckling antidepressant drug
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
comical church
  12/19/12
lol
Glassy High-end Roast Beef Casino
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
comical church
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Cracking dark stead
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
crystalline potus
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
comical church
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Contagious violent cuck
  01/10/13
...
Flickering dilemma organic girlfriend
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
splenetic mentally impaired double fault friendly grandma
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Contagious violent cuck
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
comical church
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Contagious violent cuck
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
comical church
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
irate space electric furnace
  01/10/13
...
cardboard ayatollah
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Spectacular embarrassed to the bone indirect expression
  01/10/13
...
things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Drab rough-skinned meetinghouse crotch
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
comical church
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Emerald base
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
yapping step-uncle's house toaster
  02/18/14
lol
Contagious violent cuck
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
ungodly marvelous rehab
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Cracking dark stead
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
navy knife deer antler
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Drab rough-skinned meetinghouse crotch
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
yapping step-uncle's house toaster
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Flesh background story
  01/10/13
No
Cerebral native
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Clear Bossy Public Bath Personal Credit Line



(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: Buck-toothed Charcoal Degenerate Corner

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: Clear Bossy Public Bath Personal Credit Line

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: Cracking dark stead

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: Ruddy Geriatric Den

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: swashbuckling antidepressant drug

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: comical church

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: Glassy High-end Roast Beef Casino

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: comical church

(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: Cracking dark stead

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: crystalline potus

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: comical church

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: Cracking dark stead

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: Contagious violent cuck

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: Flickering dilemma organic girlfriend



(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: splenetic mentally impaired double fault friendly grandma

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: Cracking dark stead

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: Contagious violent cuck

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: Cracking dark stead

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: comical church

(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: Contagious violent cuck

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: Flesh background story

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: comical church

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: irate space electric furnace

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: cardboard ayatollah



(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: Spectacular embarrassed to the bone indirect expression

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: Drab rough-skinned meetinghouse crotch

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: Cracking dark stead

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: comical church

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: Emerald base

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Cracking dark stead

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: Flesh background story

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: Cracking dark stead

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: Cracking dark stead

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: Flesh background story

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: yapping step-uncle's house toaster

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: Contagious violent cuck

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: ungodly marvelous rehab

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: Flesh background story

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: Cracking dark stead

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: navy knife deer antler

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: Flesh background story

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: Drab rough-skinned meetinghouse crotch

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: yapping step-uncle's house toaster

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Flesh background story

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: Cerebral native

No

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