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

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Obsidian site
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
canary vigorous national nowag
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Obsidian site
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
French Mexican
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Dashing Bronze International Law Enforcement Agency
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Pearl Arousing Piazza
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
khaki trailer park pisswyrm
  12/19/12
lol
chocolate menage
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
khaki trailer park pisswyrm
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
French Mexican
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Red fragrant school tank
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
khaki trailer park pisswyrm
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
French Mexican
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Gold philosopher-king
  01/10/13
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Rebellious alcoholic home queen of the night
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
insecure heady base degenerate
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
French Mexican
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Gold philosopher-king
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
French Mexican
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
khaki trailer park pisswyrm
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Gold philosopher-king
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
khaki trailer park pisswyrm
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Nubile Newt
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
bossy spruce love of her life
  01/10/13
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things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Useless Sapphire Circlehead
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
French Mexican
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
khaki trailer park pisswyrm
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
jade digit ratio
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
French Mexican
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
French Mexican
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
French Mexican
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
vibrant doctorate
  02/18/14
lol
Gold philosopher-king
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
glittery mint wrinkle cuckold
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
French Mexican
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
stirring purple hominid heaven
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Useless Sapphire Circlehead
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
vibrant doctorate
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Nofapping Ticket Booth
  01/10/13
No
clear pit
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Obsidian site



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: canary vigorous national nowag

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Obsidian site

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Dashing Bronze International Law Enforcement Agency

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Pearl Arousing Piazza

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: khaki trailer park pisswyrm

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: chocolate menage

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: khaki trailer park pisswyrm

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: Red fragrant school tank

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=week#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: khaki trailer park pisswyrm

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Gold philosopher-king

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=week#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Rebellious alcoholic home queen of the night



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: insecure heady base degenerate

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Gold philosopher-king

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=week#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: khaki trailer park pisswyrm

(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=week#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Gold philosopher-king

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=week#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: khaki trailer park pisswyrm

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Nubile Newt

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=week#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=week#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: bossy spruce love of her life

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=week#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=week#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Useless Sapphire Circlehead

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: French Mexican

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: khaki trailer park pisswyrm

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: jade digit ratio

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: French Mexican

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: French Mexican

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: vibrant doctorate

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Gold philosopher-king

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: glittery mint wrinkle cuckold

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=week#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: French Mexican

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=week#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: stirring purple hominid heaven

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Useless Sapphire Circlehead

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: vibrant doctorate

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: Nofapping Ticket Booth

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=week#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: clear pit

No

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