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

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Free-loading Senate Fortuitous Meteor
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Hilarious Charismatic Cuck
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Free-loading Senate Fortuitous Meteor
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Coiffed center
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
adventurous generalized bond
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
drab duck-like potus mother
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike
  12/19/12
lol
emerald prole
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Coiffed center
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
Elite crackhouse stain
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
crystalline stage masturbator
  01/10/13
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sable abnormal elastic band base
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
diverse clown
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
crystalline stage masturbator
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
crystalline stage masturbator
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
haunting filthpig
  01/10/13
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pussy smell
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
walnut hall milk
  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
avocado flatulent codepig address
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
histrionic space
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
hairraiser mediation
  02/18/14
lol
crystalline stage masturbator
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
swashbuckling blood rage
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Coiffed center
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
appetizing misanthropic set karate
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
avocado flatulent codepig address
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
hairraiser mediation
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead
  01/10/13
No
Floppy coldplay fan
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Free-loading Senate Fortuitous Meteor



(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: Hilarious Charismatic Cuck

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: Free-loading Senate Fortuitous Meteor

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: Coiffed center

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: adventurous generalized bond

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: drab duck-like potus mother

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: Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike

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: emerald prole

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: Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike

(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: Coiffed center

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: Elite crackhouse stain

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: Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike

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: Coiffed center

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: crystalline stage masturbator

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: sable abnormal elastic band base



(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: diverse clown

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: Coiffed center

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: crystalline stage masturbator

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: Coiffed center

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: Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike

(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: crystalline stage masturbator

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike

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: haunting filthpig

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: walnut hall milk

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: avocado flatulent codepig address

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: Coiffed center

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: Violet Fragrant Mad-dog Skullcap Preventive Strike

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: histrionic space

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Coiffed center

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Coiffed center

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: Coiffed center

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: hairraiser mediation

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: crystalline stage masturbator

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: swashbuckling blood rage

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Coiffed center

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: appetizing misanthropic set karate

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: avocado flatulent codepig address

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: hairraiser mediation

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Curious Painfully Honest Organic Girlfriend Stead

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: Floppy coldplay fan

No

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