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

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Violent insecure native
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
frozen jet roast beef
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Violent insecure native
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Copper Selfie
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Excitant potus lodge
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house
  12/19/12
lol
Ultramarine range
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
at-the-ready awkward kitchen hissy fit
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Slap-happy Casino
  01/10/13
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Thriller Address Double Fault
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Mind-boggling office deer antler
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Slap-happy Casino
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Slap-happy Casino
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
motley brilliant azn
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
offensive dilemma
  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
Embarrassed to the bone jewess menage
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Harsh soul-stirring theater stage depressive
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Rebellious genital piercing
  02/18/14
lol
Slap-happy Casino
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
pungent bateful legend
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Exhilarant frum stage clown
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Sepia bearded hall athletic conference
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Embarrassed to the bone jewess menage
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Rebellious genital piercing
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Wonderful national security agency
  01/10/13
No
Wild wrinkle nowag
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Violent insecure native



(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: frozen jet roast beef

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: Violent insecure native

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Copper Selfie

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: Excitant potus lodge

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: shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house

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: Ultramarine range

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: shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house

(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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: at-the-ready awkward kitchen hissy fit

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: shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Slap-happy Casino

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: Thriller Address Double Fault



(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: Mind-boggling office deer antler

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Slap-happy Casino

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: shimmering big-titted step-uncle's 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=2Firm#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: Slap-happy Casino

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house

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: motley brilliant azn

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: China



(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: offensive dilemma

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: Embarrassed to the bone jewess menage

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: shimmering big-titted step-uncle's house

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: Harsh soul-stirring theater stage depressive

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Rebellious genital piercing

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: Slap-happy Casino

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: pungent bateful legend

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Exhilarant frum stage clown

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: Sepia bearded hall athletic conference

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Embarrassed to the bone jewess menage

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Rebellious genital piercing

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wonderful national security agency

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: Wild wrinkle nowag

No

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