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

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lake excitant round eye range
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
cheese-eating walnut station lettuce
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
lake excitant round eye range
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
effete supple rigor
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Primrose vigorous hell
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Carnelian Sickened Genital Piercing Kitty Cat
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/19/12
lol
Mind-boggling bronze library sex offender
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
effete supple rigor
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
fluffy motley coffee pot newt
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker
  01/10/13
...
ruby hairy legs mood
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Kink-friendly Brass Point
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Lime frozen community account
  01/10/13
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China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
slate rough-skinned brunch
  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
Spectacular boiling water
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Rambunctious Swashbuckling Generalized Bond Striped Hyena
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Razzmatazz self-absorbed half-breed gunner
  02/18/14
lol
cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Hairless therapy pit
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
effete supple rigor
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
puce hall
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Spectacular boiling water
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Razzmatazz self-absorbed half-breed gunner
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
exhilarant naked home private investor
  01/10/13
No
mildly autistic cowardly telephone piazza
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: lake excitant round eye range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#20925745)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: cheese-eating walnut station lettuce

I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively better.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#20925749)



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Date: June 21st, 2012 12:48 AM
Author: lake excitant round eye range

what are your favorite compositions by Satie?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#20926140)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22282076)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Primrose vigorous hell

idk but Chopin is 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#20925752)



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:59 PM
Author: Carnelian Sickened Genital Piercing Kitty Cat

i believe this was before To be fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#20925754)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:43 PM
Author: Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth

that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22282040)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:43 PM
Author: Mind-boggling bronze library sex offender

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22282350)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:38 AM
Author: Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth

(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405787)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 5:51 PM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22282079)



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Date: December 19th, 2012 6:45 PM
Author: fluffy motley coffee pot newt

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=2most#22282358)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:39 AM
Author: Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth

bach didnt write for piano

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405788)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 9:55 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22405820)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker

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=2most#22405841)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:20 AM
Author: ruby hairy legs mood



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405886)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:06 AM
Author: Kink-friendly Brass Point

Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405842)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22405847)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:07 AM
Author: cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker

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=2most#22405848)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:09 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22405854)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:10 AM
Author: Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth

(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=2most#22405859)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:16 AM
Author: cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker

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=2most#22405875)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:02 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406366)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:15 AM
Author: Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth

Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to piano literature

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405871)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:30 AM
Author: Lime frozen community account

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=2most#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=2most#49719634)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: slate rough-skinned brunch

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=2most#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=2most#49719943)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:34 AM
Author: Spectacular boiling water

Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405936)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:43 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

favorite chopin interpreters?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405969)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:47 AM
Author: Multi-colored Autistic School Cafeteria Scourge Upon The Earth

I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22405997)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:52 AM
Author: Rambunctious Swashbuckling Generalized Bond Striped Hyena

not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406325)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:59 AM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406349)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji sorabji

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406040)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:01 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406065)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:02 AM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano composition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406073)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:19 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

spotifying the dude right now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406143)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:22 AM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22406148)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:28 AM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406168)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:43 AM
Author: Razzmatazz self-absorbed half-breed gunner

To be fair,

(Conlon Nancarrow)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#25039633)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 11:04 AM
Author: cerebral friendly grandma candlestick maker

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406082)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:07 PM
Author: Hairless therapy pit

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=2most#22406388)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406407)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:11 PM
Author: effete supple rigor

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=2most#22406409)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:14 PM
Author: puce hall

W.W.Rina.S.?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406415)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:15 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406418)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: Spectacular boiling water

ernie looks like doobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406436)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406429)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:17 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406431)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:18 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406437)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:19 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3qrv3Yv0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406440)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:20 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVt9aYL3hs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406442)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:23 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406450)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:25 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406454)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:26 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6soFlEZAMYw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406457)



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Date: February 18th, 2014 12:44 AM
Author: Razzmatazz self-absorbed half-breed gunner

To be fair,

Use your ears like goddamn men

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#25039642)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:28 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTHXYd4c

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1975355&forum_id=2most#22406462)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:30 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406468)



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Date: January 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
Author: exhilarant naked home private investor

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=2most#22406473)



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Date: March 21st, 2016 6:27 PM
Author: mildly autistic cowardly telephone piazza

No

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