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

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zippy skinny woman home
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
diverse blue hairy legs
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
zippy skinny woman home
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
light useless brakes
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
vigorous slimy prole box office
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Erotic twisted nowag address
  12/19/12
lol
Soggy hospital boiling water
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Erotic twisted nowag address
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
demanding sanctuary
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Erotic twisted nowag address
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Aggressive mind-boggling lodge
  01/10/13
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Aromatic station
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
soul-stirring orchestra pit
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Aggressive mind-boggling lodge
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Erotic twisted nowag address
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Aggressive mind-boggling lodge
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Erotic twisted nowag address
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
vengeful hall
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
ultramarine state psychic
  01/10/13
...
things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
comical narrow-minded point coffee pot
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Erotic twisted nowag address
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Fear-inspiring bateful garrison famous landscape painting
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Drab dragon chapel
  02/18/14
lol
Aggressive mind-boggling lodge
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Stirring domesticated pocket flask forum
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Violent Magical Business Firm
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
slippery irate candlestick maker
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
comical narrow-minded point coffee pot
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Drab dragon chapel
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
deep claret indian lodge persian
  01/10/13
No
judgmental french area
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: zippy skinny woman home



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: diverse blue hairy legs

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: zippy skinny woman home

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: light useless brakes

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: vigorous slimy prole box office

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Erotic twisted nowag address

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Soggy hospital boiling water

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Erotic twisted nowag address

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: demanding sanctuary

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=month#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Erotic twisted nowag address

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Aggressive mind-boggling lodge

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=month#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Aromatic station



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: soul-stirring orchestra pit

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Aggressive mind-boggling lodge

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=month#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Erotic twisted nowag address

(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=month#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Aggressive mind-boggling lodge

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=month#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Erotic twisted nowag address

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: vengeful hall

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=month#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\u0026show=month#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: ultramarine state psychic

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=month#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\u0026show=month#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: comical narrow-minded point coffee pot

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Erotic twisted nowag address

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Fear-inspiring bateful garrison famous landscape painting

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Drab dragon chapel

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Aggressive mind-boggling lodge

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Stirring domesticated pocket flask forum

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=month#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Violent Magical Business Firm

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=month#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: slippery irate candlestick maker

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: comical narrow-minded point coffee pot

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Drab dragon chapel

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: deep claret indian lodge persian

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=month#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: judgmental french area

No

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