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

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Onyx Fantasy-prone Old Irish Cottage
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
elite citrine round eye
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Onyx Fantasy-prone Old Irish Cottage
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
adventurous spot nowag
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Up-to-no-good ladyboy
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
aquamarine wonderful stage internal respiration
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Heady lime lodge friendly grandma
  12/19/12
lol
Swashbuckling tanning salon half-breed
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Heady lime lodge friendly grandma
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
adventurous spot nowag
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
haunting scourge upon the earth
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Heady lime lodge friendly grandma
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king
  01/10/13
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avocado headpube
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Umber Charismatic Casino Giraffe
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Heady lime lodge friendly grandma
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Heady lime lodge friendly grandma
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Exhilarant nursing home skinny woman
  01/10/13
...
pussy smell
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
Carmine Boyish Stag Film
  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
brindle wild macaca national
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Heady lime lodge friendly grandma
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Sepia den
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
Maroon duck-like location
  02/18/14
lol
Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
bistre newt
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
adventurous spot nowag
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Rose Gaming Laptop Forum
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
brindle wild macaca national
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
Maroon duck-like location
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital
  01/10/13
No
exciting stead karate
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Onyx Fantasy-prone Old Irish Cottage



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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: elite citrine round eye

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: Onyx Fantasy-prone Old Irish Cottage

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Up-to-no-good ladyboy

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: aquamarine wonderful stage internal respiration

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: Heady lime lodge friendly grandma

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: Swashbuckling tanning salon half-breed

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: Heady lime lodge friendly grandma

(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: adventurous spot nowag

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: haunting scourge upon the earth

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: Heady lime lodge friendly grandma

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king

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: avocado headpube



(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: Umber Charismatic Casino Giraffe

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Heady lime lodge friendly grandma

(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: Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Heady lime lodge friendly grandma

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: Exhilarant nursing home skinny woman

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: Carmine Boyish Stag Film

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: brindle wild macaca national

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Heady lime lodge friendly grandma

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: Sepia den

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Maroon duck-like location

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: Concupiscible bespoke library philosopher-king

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: bistre newt

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: adventurous spot nowag

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: Rose Gaming Laptop Forum

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: brindle wild macaca national

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Maroon duck-like location

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: Stimulating Sticky Wrinkle Hospital

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: exciting stead karate

No

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