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

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marvelous light dilemma
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Deep Cordovan Piazza Newt
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
marvelous light dilemma
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
orange big institution feces
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Fluffy Stag Film
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Nofapping Lemon Corner
  12/19/12
lol
Cerebral Lettuce
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Nofapping Lemon Corner
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Talented stain
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Nofapping Lemon Corner
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
garnet thriller temple
  01/10/13
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ocher wonderful patrolman spot
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
crawly boltzmann
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
garnet thriller temple
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Nofapping Lemon Corner
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
garnet thriller temple
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Nofapping Lemon Corner
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
galvanic brunch
  01/10/13
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Flatulent sapphire center clown
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
hot stirring locus deer antler
  01/10/13
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ruby titillating stead
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
hyperventilating factory reset button indirect expression
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Nofapping Lemon Corner
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
boyish slippery bbw
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
talking spectacular abode ceo
  02/18/14
lol
garnet thriller temple
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
olive exhilarant locale
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
insecure demanding trailer park place of business
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Bat-shit-crazy vivacious fortuitous meteor theatre
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
hyperventilating factory reset button indirect expression
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
talking spectacular abode ceo
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Claret resort friendly grandma
  01/10/13
No
fiercely-loyal volcanic crater
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: marvelous light dilemma



(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: Deep Cordovan Piazza Newt

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: marvelous light dilemma

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: orange big institution feces

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: Fluffy Stag Film

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: Nofapping Lemon Corner

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: Cerebral Lettuce

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: Nofapping Lemon Corner

(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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: Talented stain

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: Nofapping Lemon Corner

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: garnet thriller temple

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: ocher wonderful patrolman spot



(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: crawly boltzmann

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: garnet thriller temple

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: Nofapping Lemon Corner

(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: garnet thriller temple

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Nofapping Lemon Corner

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: galvanic brunch

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: Flatulent sapphire center clown



(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: hot stirring locus deer antler

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: ruby titillating stead



(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: hyperventilating factory reset button indirect expression

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: Nofapping Lemon Corner

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: boyish slippery bbw

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: talking spectacular abode ceo

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: garnet thriller temple

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: olive exhilarant locale

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: insecure demanding trailer park place of business

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: Bat-shit-crazy vivacious fortuitous meteor theatre

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: hyperventilating factory reset button indirect expression

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: talking spectacular abode ceo

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: Claret resort friendly grandma

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: fiercely-loyal volcanic crater

No

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