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

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Outnumbered alcoholic wagecucks area
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
up-to-no-good space generalized bond
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Outnumbered alcoholic wagecucks area
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Red hospital
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Stubborn prole puppy
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
cyan abusive menage yarmulke
  12/19/12
lol
charismatic unholy meetinghouse laser beams
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
cyan abusive menage yarmulke
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Orchid address hissy fit
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
cyan abusive menage yarmulke
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Translucent masturbator
  01/10/13
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Hyperventilating fortuitous meteor codepig
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Bespoke gold station
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Translucent masturbator
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
cyan abusive menage yarmulke
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Translucent masturbator
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
cyan abusive menage yarmulke
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
histrionic chapel
  01/10/13
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cock and awe
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Disgusting vigorous school cafeteria
  01/10/13
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A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
racy temple
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
cyan abusive menage yarmulke
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
concupiscible orchestra pit
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Exhilarant greedy digit ratio
  02/18/14
lol
Translucent masturbator
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Geriatric double fault sound barrier
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Mustard French Karate Mediation
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
contagious black forum round eye
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
racy temple
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Exhilarant greedy digit ratio
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
slap-happy rigpig
  01/10/13
No
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  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Outnumbered alcoholic wagecucks area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: up-to-no-good space generalized bond

I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Outnumbered alcoholic wagecucks area

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Red hospital

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Stubborn prole puppy

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: cyan abusive menage yarmulke

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: charismatic unholy meetinghouse laser beams

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: cyan abusive menage yarmulke

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: Orchid address hissy fit

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\u0026show=6hr#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: cyan abusive menage yarmulke

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Translucent 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\u0026show=6hr#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Hyperventilating fortuitous meteor codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Bespoke gold station

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Translucent 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\u0026show=6hr#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: cyan abusive menage yarmulke

(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\u0026show=6hr#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Translucent 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\u0026show=6hr#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: cyan abusive menage yarmulke

Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to piano literature

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: histrionic chapel

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\u0026show=6hr#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: cock and awe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Disgusting vigorous school cafeteria

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\u0026show=6hr#22405938)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: A Mario 64 tapestry: a portal to Windows XP Bliss:



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: racy temple

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: cyan abusive menage yarmulke

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: concupiscible orchestra pit

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano composition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Exhilarant greedy digit ratio

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#25039633)



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

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Geriatric double fault sound barrier

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\u0026show=6hr#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Mustard French Karate Mediation

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\u0026show=6hr#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: contagious black forum round eye

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: racy temple

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Exhilarant greedy digit ratio

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTHXYd4c

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: slap-happy rigpig

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\u0026show=6hr#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Carmine windowlicker indian lodge

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2\u0026show=6hr#30107508)