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

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Mauve Talented Field Therapy
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
odious incel hospital
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Mauve Talented Field Therapy
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
supple trust fund
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
ultramarine sticky station mood
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
arousing learning disabled step-uncle's house
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen
  12/19/12
lol
Pontificating foreskin heaven
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
supple trust fund
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
geriatric school cafeteria
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Harsh Associate
  01/10/13
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Anal dilemma stock car
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Excitant fanboi home
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Harsh Associate
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Harsh Associate
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Green disrespectful library
  01/10/13
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cardboard ayatollah
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
bronze bossy plaza
  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
wild violet site lettuce
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Duck-like tank
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Iridescent Stimulating Electric Furnace Center
  02/18/14
lol
Harsh Associate
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Marvelous gas station fortuitous meteor
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
supple trust fund
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
costumed crusty public bath
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
wild violet site lettuce
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Iridescent Stimulating Electric Furnace Center
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
thirsty beady-eyed market karate
  01/10/13
No
Thriller Crotch Mother
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Mauve Talented Field Therapy



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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: odious incel hospital

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

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



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: Mauve Talented Field Therapy

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: ultramarine sticky station mood

idk but Chopin is 180

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



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: arousing learning disabled step-uncle's house

i believe this was before To be fair

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Pontificating foreskin heaven

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

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



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: geriatric school cafeteria

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=2Firm#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen

bach didnt write for piano

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Harsh Associate

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=2Firm#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: Anal dilemma stock car



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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Excitant fanboi home

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: Harsh Associate

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=2Firm#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen

(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=2Firm#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Harsh Associate

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=2Firm#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Green disrespectful library

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=2Firm#22405925)



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Date: March 5th, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: cardboard ayatollah



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2Firm#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: bronze bossy plaza

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=2Firm#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=2Firm#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: wild violet site lettuce

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: supple trust fund

favorite chopin interpreters?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: exhilarant haunting liquid oxygen

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Duck-like tank

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: supple trust fund

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: supple trust fund

spotifying the dude right now

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Iridescent Stimulating Electric Furnace Center

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: Harsh Associate

lol

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Marvelous gas station fortuitous meteor

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=2Firm#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: supple trust fund

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=2Firm#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: costumed crusty public bath

W.W.Rina.S.?

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: wild violet site lettuce

ernie looks like doobs

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVt9aYL3hs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2Firm#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soFlEZAMYw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2Firm#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Iridescent Stimulating Electric Furnace Center

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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

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



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: thirsty beady-eyed market karate

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=2Firm#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: Thriller Crotch Mother

No

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