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

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floppy tanning salon
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
comical police squad station
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
floppy tanning salon
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Appetizing flatulent lettuce
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Lake racy reading party kitchen
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference
  12/19/12
lol
marvelous dilemma associate
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
fragrant milky filthpig
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Zippy transparent toilet seat property
  01/10/13
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Concupiscible weed whacker casino
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Exhilarant embarrassed to the bone site stock car
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Zippy transparent toilet seat property
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Zippy transparent toilet seat property
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
violet national security agency newt
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Chest-beating Blue Main People Resort
  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
onyx mind-boggling market
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
opaque base
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
yellow theater
  02/18/14
lol
Zippy transparent toilet seat property
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Metal federal den keepsake machete
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
coiffed trip people who are hurt
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Topaz kink-friendly library useless brakes
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
onyx mind-boggling market
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
yellow theater
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
charismatic business firm
  01/10/13
No
Elite vivacious dragon psychic
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: floppy tanning salon



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: comical police squad station

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: floppy tanning salon

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Appetizing flatulent lettuce

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Lake racy reading party kitchen

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: marvelous dilemma associate

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: fragrant milky filthpig

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#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Zippy transparent toilet seat property

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#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Concupiscible weed whacker casino



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Exhilarant embarrassed to the bone site stock car

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Zippy transparent toilet seat property

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#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference

(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#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Zippy transparent toilet seat property

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#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: violet national security agency 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#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#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Chest-beating Blue Main People Resort

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#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#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: onyx mind-boggling market

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Lemon sneaky criminal athletic conference

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: opaque base

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: charismatic business firm

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: charismatic business firm

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: yellow theater

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Zippy transparent toilet seat property

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Metal federal den keepsake machete

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#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: coiffed trip people who are hurt

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#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: Topaz kink-friendly library useless brakes

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: onyx mind-boggling market

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: yellow theater

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: charismatic business firm

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#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Elite vivacious dragon psychic

No

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