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

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lilac internet-worthy whorehouse
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
thirsty range
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
lilac internet-worthy whorehouse
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
bistre slimy lay
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Pearly kitty church building
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Topaz exhilarant legend
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard
  12/19/12
lol
Trip alcoholic crackhouse
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
bistre slimy lay
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
insane razzle-dazzle cruise ship shitlib
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
Free-loading Affirmative Action
  01/10/13
...
Nighttime flushed gas station regret
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
Drab cumskin mad cow disease
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
Free-loading Affirmative Action
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
Free-loading Affirmative Action
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
Vivacious shimmering mediation
  01/10/13
...
China
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
maize hominid stead
  01/10/13
...
things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Claret Station
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Impertinent hospital
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
180 brindle volcanic crater
  02/18/14
lol
Free-loading Affirmative Action
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
beta halford
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
bistre slimy lay
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
drunken misanthropic pocket flask famous landscape painting
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Claret Station
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
180 brindle volcanic crater
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren
  01/10/13
No
Adulterous pink boltzmann school cafeteria
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: lilac internet-worthy whorehouse



(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: thirsty range

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: lilac internet-worthy whorehouse

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: bistre slimy lay

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: Pearly kitty church building

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: Topaz exhilarant legend

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: Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard

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: Trip alcoholic crackhouse

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: Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard

(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: bistre slimy lay

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: insane razzle-dazzle cruise ship shitlib

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: Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard

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: bistre slimy lay

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: Free-loading Affirmative Action

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: Nighttime flushed gas station regret



(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: Drab cumskin mad cow disease

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: bistre slimy lay

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: Free-loading Affirmative Action

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: bistre slimy lay

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: Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard

(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: Free-loading Affirmative Action

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard

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: Vivacious shimmering mediation

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: maize hominid stead

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: Claret Station

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: bistre slimy lay

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: Galvanic Walnut Theater Stage Haunted Graveyard

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: Impertinent hospital

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: bistre slimy lay

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: bistre slimy lay

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: bistre slimy lay

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: 180 brindle volcanic crater

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: Free-loading Affirmative Action

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: beta halford

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: bistre slimy lay

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: drunken misanthropic pocket flask famous landscape painting

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: Claret Station

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: 180 brindle volcanic crater

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: awkward mad-dog skullcap brethren

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: Adulterous pink boltzmann school cafeteria

No

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