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

mostly solo piano.
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
requesting Chopin pls
swollen swashbuckling crackhouse toaster
  01/17/26
Chopin is from the 19th century, so we'll have to resort to ...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
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Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting
  01/17/26
The second nocturne from Sciarrino's Due Notturni Crudeli --...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
wild, ty!
Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting
  01/17/26
There's usually no middle ground with this type of music: yo...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
...
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
that kind of music generally sucks, but content
chocolate french codepig wagecucks
  01/17/26
Have to go with Ferneyhough then. He's obviously a cynical f...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
180, the piece qua music isn't even that horrible, but the u...
chocolate french codepig wagecucks
  01/17/26
The problem here is that this incomprehensibly complex style...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
but content tp
exhilarant boiling water
  01/17/26
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Flatulent Olive Friendly Grandma Nowag
  01/17/26
Sorabji's 19th etude. Oddly upbeat and unserious considering...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
Jcm here
khaki racy lodge
  01/17/26
Julius Eastman's "Crazy Nigger": https://www.youtu...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
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indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
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boyish fishy love of her life
  01/17/26
Hikari Kiyama's "Three Shells" for two hands and o...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
this is completely preposterous
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
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boyish fishy love of her life
  01/17/26
I'm Facebook friends with the pianist Ljl
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
lmao
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
And the composer too. Almost forgot.
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
...
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
This isn't even Kiyama's most preposterous piece. Check out ...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/18/26
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rambunctious stirring shitlib
  01/17/26
Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 4 for solo piano: http...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
Nice, still discernible dramatic arc though dissonant
rambunctious stirring shitlib
  01/17/26
Yes, I view this piece as being pushed to the absolute limit...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
I have attended one of the note changes in the Halberstadt p...
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
I rate you as insufferable minimalism by John Adams. Here's ...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
180 thank you you used the phrase "obviously a cynical...
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
No doubt John Cage spewed out a lot of pure trash, but some ...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
can you please link me to Cage's pieces for prepared piano y...
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
Haven't listened to them in over a decade at this point, so ...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
link in here please if any come to mind later on, I've never...
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAImmOqNzzs
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
ty
indecent turquoise yarmulke
  01/17/26
Herbert Henck is a great pianist. I believe his recordings o...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
Damn just looked him up, and he died recently. RIP bro.
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
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hyperactive rigpig
  01/17/26
"Evryali" by Iannis Xenakis, specifically Takahash...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
...
spectacular box office elastic band
  01/17/26
is this a compliment? are we friends?
hyperactive rigpig
  01/17/26
This is my favorite piece by Xenakis.
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
I love you so much
hyperactive rigpig
  01/17/26
...
spectacular box office elastic band
  01/17/26
Clarence Barlow's variations on the last movement from Beeth...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
...
alcoholic opaque place of business candlestick maker
  01/17/26
I hate to mention the same composer twice, but I can't think...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/18/26
do you know this? Fazil Say - Black Earth interesting te...
Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting
  01/17/26
I know the pianist/composer, but I haven't heard this partic...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/17/26
understood. and yes i understand this reaching inside is fr...
Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting
  01/17/26
Reaching inside was Cowell's innovation. And Cowell was one ...
Titillating brunch trump supporter
  01/18/26
...
Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting
  01/18/26


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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:20 AM
Author: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: swollen swashbuckling crackhouse toaster

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke



(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: chocolate french codepig wagecucks

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: chocolate french codepig wagecucks

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: exhilarant boiling water

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: Flatulent Olive Friendly Grandma Nowag



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: khaki racy lodge

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke



(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: boyish fishy love of her life



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: boyish fishy love of her life



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: rambunctious stirring shitlib



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: rambunctious stirring shitlib

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: indecent turquoise yarmulke

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: hyperactive rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id.#49596950)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:48 PM
Author: Titillating brunch trump supporter

"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: spectacular box office elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id.#49597105)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:25 PM
Author: hyperactive rigpig

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: hyperactive rigpig

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: spectacular box office elastic band



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2...id.#49597104)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:02 PM
Author: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: alcoholic opaque place of business candlestick maker



(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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting

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: Titillating brunch trump supporter

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: Thriller lake knife famous landscape painting



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