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

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Opaque french mad cow disease
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Big Fat Ankles Boiling Water
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Opaque french mad cow disease
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
chrome charismatic station
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Fragrant parlor background story
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Self-centered Indian Lodge Mood
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
smoky house
  12/19/12
lol
milky exciting lay queen of the night
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
smoky house
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
chrome charismatic station
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
talking water buffalo
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
smoky house
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
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magenta vigorous elastic band striped hyena
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
lavender sound barrier
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
smoky house
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
smoky house
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
walnut greedy school
  01/10/13
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cock and awe
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Arousing Trailer Park
  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
vibrant heaven internal respiration
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
smoky house
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Chartreuse slap-happy pozpig
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Ruby frisky stag film round eye
  02/18/14
lol
Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Ultramarine resort
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
chrome charismatic station
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Heady mischievous stage
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
vibrant heaven internal respiration
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Ruby frisky stag film round eye
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Thirsty Laughsome Church Building
  01/10/13
No
Buff Parlour Jap
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Opaque french mad cow disease



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Big Fat Ankles Boiling Water

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Opaque french mad cow disease

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Fragrant parlor background story

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Self-centered Indian Lodge Mood

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: smoky house

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: milky exciting lay queen of the night

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: smoky house

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: talking water buffalo

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=posted#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: smoky house

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth

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=posted#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: magenta vigorous elastic band striped hyena



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: lavender sound barrier

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth

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=posted#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: smoky house

(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=posted#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth

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=posted#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: smoky house

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: walnut greedy school

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=posted#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=posted#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Arousing Trailer Park

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=posted#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=posted#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: vibrant heaven internal respiration

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: chrome charismatic station

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: smoky house

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Chartreuse slap-happy pozpig

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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

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



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

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Ruby frisky stag film round eye

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Racy Rough-skinned Dopamine Ticket Booth

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Ultramarine resort

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=posted#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: chrome charismatic 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\u0026show=posted#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Heady mischievous stage

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: vibrant heaven internal respiration

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Ruby frisky stag film round eye

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Thirsty Laughsome Church Building

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=posted#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Buff Parlour Jap

No

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