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

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Sepia swollen incel candlestick maker
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Brass Organic Girlfriend Box Office
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Sepia swollen incel candlestick maker
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Scarlet base
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Cobalt Regret Dingle Berry
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
dun titillating sound barrier range
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Naked Stag Film
  12/19/12
lol
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  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Naked Stag Film
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Scarlet base
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
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  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Naked Stag Film
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
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  01/10/13
...
Olive marvelous nursing home dragon
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
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  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Galvanic kitchen
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Naked Stag Film
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Galvanic kitchen
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
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  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Naked Stag Film
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
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  01/10/13
...
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  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
ungodly philosopher-king
  01/10/13
...
things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
crystalline insecure gunner wrinkle
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Naked Stag Film
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
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  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
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  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
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EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
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  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
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  02/18/14
lol
Galvanic kitchen
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
canary death wish
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Scarlet base
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
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  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
crystalline insecure gunner wrinkle
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
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  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
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  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
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  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
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  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
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  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
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  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
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  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
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  01/10/13
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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Sepia swollen incel candlestick maker



(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: Brass Organic Girlfriend Box Office

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: Sepia swollen incel candlestick maker

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: Scarlet base

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: Cobalt Regret Dingle Berry

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: dun titillating sound barrier range

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: Naked Stag Film

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: vigorous library goyim

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: Naked Stag Film

(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: Scarlet base

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: Aphrodisiac startling bawdyhouse antidepressant drug

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: Naked Stag Film

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: Scarlet base

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: Galvanic kitchen

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: Olive marvelous nursing home dragon



(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: Motley autistic mood reading party

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: Scarlet base

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: Galvanic kitchen

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: Scarlet base

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: Naked Stag Film

(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: Galvanic kitchen

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Naked Stag Film

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: Soggy school cafeteria

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: China



(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: ungodly philosopher-king

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: things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:



(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: crystalline insecure gunner wrinkle

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: Scarlet base

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: Naked Stag Film

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: rebellious cerise rigpig theater

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Scarlet base

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Scarlet base

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: Scarlet base

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: snowy juggernaut

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: Galvanic kitchen

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: canary death wish

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Scarlet base

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: disrespectful puppy filthpig

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: crystalline insecure gunner wrinkle

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(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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: snowy juggernaut

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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: Mustard supple dysfunction gay wizard

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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Author: bright foreskin

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