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rating poasters as bizarre classical music from the 20th/21st centuries

mostly solo piano.
canary 180 factory reset button
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requesting Chopin pls
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  01/17/26
Chopin is from the 19th century, so we'll have to resort to ...
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The second nocturne from Sciarrino's Due Notturni Crudeli --...
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wild, ty!
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There's usually no middle ground with this type of music: yo...
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Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib
  01/17/26
that kind of music generally sucks, but content
Titillating Center
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Have to go with Ferneyhough then. He's obviously a cynical f...
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180, the piece qua music isn't even that horrible, but the u...
Titillating Center
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The problem here is that this incomprehensibly complex style...
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but content tp
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Sorabji's 19th etude. Oddly upbeat and unserious considering...
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Jcm here
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Julius Eastman's "Crazy Nigger": https://www.youtu...
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Hikari Kiyama's "Three Shells" for two hands and o...
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this is completely preposterous
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I'm Facebook friends with the pianist Ljl
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lmao
Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib
  01/17/26
And the composer too. Almost forgot.
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This isn't even Kiyama's most preposterous piece. Check out ...
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Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 4 for solo piano: http...
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Nice, still discernible dramatic arc though dissonant
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Yes, I view this piece as being pushed to the absolute limit...
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I have attended one of the note changes in the Halberstadt p...
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  01/17/26
I rate you as insufferable minimalism by John Adams. Here's ...
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180 thank you you used the phrase "obviously a cynical...
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No doubt John Cage spewed out a lot of pure trash, but some ...
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can you please link me to Cage's pieces for prepared piano y...
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Haven't listened to them in over a decade at this point, so ...
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link in here please if any come to mind later on, I've never...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAImmOqNzzs
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ty
Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib
  01/17/26
Herbert Henck is a great pianist. I believe his recordings o...
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Damn just looked him up, and he died recently. RIP bro.
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"Evryali" by Iannis Xenakis, specifically Takahash...
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  01/17/26
is this a compliment? are we friends?
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This is my favorite piece by Xenakis.
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I love you so much
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Clarence Barlow's variations on the last movement from Beeth...
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I hate to mention the same composer twice, but I can't think...
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do you know this? Fazil Say - Black Earth interesting te...
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I know the pianist/composer, but I haven't heard this partic...
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understood. and yes i understand this reaching inside is fr...
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Reaching inside was Cowell's innovation. And Cowell was one ...
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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:20 AM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

mostly solo piano.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596192)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:23 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle cumskin

requesting Chopin pls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596197)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:27 AM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Chopin is from the 19th century, so we'll have to resort to an early 20th-century reintepretation of Chopin's etudes by Godowsky. Not particularly bizarre, just difficult to perform. Apologies in advance for any disappointment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuEa1XLEVSw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596202)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:24 AM
Author: violent doctorate personal credit line



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596198)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:29 AM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

The second nocturne from Sciarrino's Due Notturni Crudeli -- to be performed with rage per the composer's instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_dn3ORLq6s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596206)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: violent doctorate personal credit line

wild, ty!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596339)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:37 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

There's usually no middle ground with this type of music: you either love it or violently hate it and think it's just noise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596419)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596874)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: Titillating Center

that kind of music generally sucks, but content

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596394)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Have to go with Ferneyhough then. He's obviously a cynical fraud and charlatan, but that's true of most composers with a similar style. Personally I can't stand any of his music. Enjoy! Just look at how pretentious the piece's title is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYMXbM0RCeU



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596404)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: Titillating Center

180, the piece qua music isn't even that horrible, but the unreadble notation and beyond pretentious title push it over the top

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597223)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

The problem here is that this incomprehensibly complex style is taken to the point where I could create the same semi-random but pointlessly complex music despite me having no talent as a composer. That's why you can't take Ferneyhough or similar composers seriously. But they do want you to take them seriously. After all, Ferneyhough made it all the way to Stanford with this gibberish "music."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597685)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:58 PM
Author: Bossy Business Firm Knife

but content tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597001)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:41 PM
Author: Federal Lime Site Marketing Idea



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596425)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:47 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Sorabji's 19th etude. Oddly upbeat and unserious considering Sorabji's typically serious style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFZYqLqBHOc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596437)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: Sexy misunderstood windowlicker

Jcm here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596525)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Julius Eastman's "Crazy Nigger": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aR0naIp9eM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596530)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596884)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 1:20 PM
Author: domesticated dead psychic whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596538)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:55 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Hikari Kiyama's "Three Shells" for two hands and one foot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyy3CRuMQnc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596865)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:22 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

this is completely preposterous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596919)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:41 PM
Author: domesticated dead psychic whorehouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596958)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:47 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

I'm Facebook friends with the pianist Ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596979)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596985)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:58 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

And the composer too. Almost forgot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596999)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 4:48 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597089)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

This isn't even Kiyama's most preposterous piece. Check out his "Innocent Prisoner" for piano and voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LIw8ykSmGU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49598324)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: mischievous ivory feces masturbator



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596869)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 4 for solo piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfFaSWr4m0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596870)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: mischievous ivory feces masturbator

Nice, still discernible dramatic arc though dissonant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596948)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Yes, I view this piece as being pushed to the absolute limit of dissonance and complexity without devolving into randomness. Actually it goes too far, but there's much worse out there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596986)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

I have attended one of the note changes in the Halberstadt performance of John Cage's As Slow As Possible. Rate me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_as_Possible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596877)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

I rate you as insufferable minimalism by John Adams. Here's his "Phrygian Gates": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DixKnE9HqIU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596883)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:12 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

180 thank you

you used the phrase "obviously a cynical fraud and charlatan" above and that is how I view Cage but others may disagree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596891)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:16 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

No doubt John Cage spewed out a lot of pure trash, but some of his music is actually enjoyable. For instance, his pieces for prepared piano.

Ferneyhough, the fraud and charlatan, is just SPS with no redeeming qualities. It's just unnecessary complexity and near-randomness that ordinary people laugh at (and should).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596904)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

can you please link me to Cage's pieces for prepared piano you enjoyed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596915)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Haven't listened to them in over a decade at this point, so I don't remember specific pieces. The interesting ones had minimalist aspects IIRC. The problem with the recordings is the piano preparation and resultant sound varies wildly with each recording. So some recordings sound dull while others are more lively.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596940)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

link in here please if any come to mind later on, I've never been able to enjoy anything by Cage but I'm open to reassessing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596945)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAImmOqNzzs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596952)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: Outnumbered Contagious Theatre Shitlib

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596984)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:52 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Herbert Henck is a great pianist. I believe his recordings of Cage's works were my favorite.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596991)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Damn just looked him up, and he died recently. RIP bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596993)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: Talking opaque public bath background story



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:48 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

"Evryali" by Iannis Xenakis, specifically Takahashi's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbUgAXt75s8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49596980)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: indecent people who are hurt



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:25 PM
Author: Talking opaque public bath background story

is this a compliment? are we friends?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597348)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

This is my favorite piece by Xenakis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597403)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 7:24 PM
Author: Talking opaque public bath background story

I love you so much

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597475)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: indecent people who are hurt



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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:02 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Clarence Barlow's variations on the last movement from Beethoven's last piano sonata, for mechanical piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gyJkYWdWWo (gets interesting after about 8-10 minutes)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597137)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: aqua twisted fortuitous meteor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597425)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 8:56 AM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

I hate to mention the same composer twice, but I can't think of anything more appropriate than Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 6 for solo piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Y1bZYi60M

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49598298)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: violent doctorate personal credit line

do you know this? Fazil Say - Black Earth

interesting technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYtybgToH2Q&t=28s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597568)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

I know the pianist/composer, but I haven't heard this particular piece. Classical music snobs would probably thumb their noses at this piece, but the snobs can be ignored. All that matters is whether you like it.

The technique of modifying the sound of the piano by interacting with the strings themselves is not new. Henry Cowell first explored this around 100 or so years ago. John Cage took the idea further in his pieces for prepared piano, which I mentioned earlier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597648)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:45 PM
Author: violent doctorate personal credit line

understood. and yes i understand this reaching inside is from cage - i like this a lot more than him though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49597813)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 8:54 AM
Author: canary 180 factory reset button

Reaching inside was Cowell's innovation. And Cowell was one of Cage's teachers, if I remember correctly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49598296)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 10:26 AM
Author: violent doctorate personal credit line



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id#49598425)