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

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unholy chapel
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Bat-shit-crazy plaza
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
unholy chapel
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
onyx institution psychic
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Idiotic sound barrier range
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Razzle field
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Laughsome Puce Corn Cake
  12/19/12
lol
Ebony Jewess School Cafeteria
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Laughsome Puce Corn Cake
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
onyx institution psychic
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Grizzly charismatic gas station
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Laughsome Puce Corn Cake
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
White Dashing Coldplay Fan
  01/10/13
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aphrodisiac school
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Translucent Station
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
White Dashing Coldplay Fan
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Laughsome Puce Corn Cake
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
White Dashing Coldplay Fan
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Laughsome Puce Corn Cake
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
boyish stag film blood rage
  01/10/13
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pussy smell
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Histrionic misanthropic associate business firm
  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
embarrassed to the bone foreskin
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Laughsome Puce Corn Cake
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
big citrine lay background story
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
sickened balding state
  02/18/14
lol
White Dashing Coldplay Fan
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
confused hospital genital piercing
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
onyx institution psychic
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Primrose doctorate
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
embarrassed to the bone foreskin
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
sickened balding state
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
180 Duck-like Box Office
  01/10/13
No
Vibrant clown son of senegal
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: unholy chapel



(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: Bat-shit-crazy plaza

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: unholy chapel

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: onyx institution psychic

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: Idiotic sound barrier range

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: Razzle field

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: Laughsome Puce Corn Cake

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: Ebony Jewess School Cafeteria

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: Laughsome Puce Corn Cake

(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: onyx institution psychic

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: Grizzly charismatic gas station

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: Laughsome Puce Corn Cake

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: onyx institution psychic

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: White Dashing Coldplay Fan

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: aphrodisiac school



(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: Translucent Station

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: onyx institution psychic

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: White Dashing Coldplay Fan

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: onyx institution psychic

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: Laughsome Puce Corn Cake

(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: White Dashing Coldplay Fan

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: Laughsome Puce Corn Cake

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: boyish stag film blood rage

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: pussy smell



(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: Histrionic misanthropic associate business firm

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: embarrassed to the bone foreskin

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: onyx institution psychic

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: Laughsome Puce Corn Cake

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: big citrine lay background story

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: onyx institution psychic

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: onyx institution psychic

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: onyx institution psychic

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: sickened balding state

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: White Dashing Coldplay Fan

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: confused hospital genital piercing

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: onyx institution psychic

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: Primrose doctorate

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: embarrassed to the bone foreskin

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: sickened balding state

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: 180 Duck-like Box Office

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: Vibrant clown son of senegal

No

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