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rating poasters as bizarre classical music from the 20th/21st centuries

mostly solo piano.
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
requesting Chopin pls
burgundy point antidepressant drug
  01/17/26
Chopin is from the 19th century, so we'll have to resort to ...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
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awkward tanning salon indirect expression
  01/17/26
The second nocturne from Sciarrino's Due Notturni Crudeli --...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
wild, ty!
awkward tanning salon indirect expression
  01/17/26
There's usually no middle ground with this type of music: yo...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
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white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
that kind of music generally sucks, but content
emerald stage
  01/17/26
Have to go with Ferneyhough then. He's obviously a cynical f...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
180, the piece qua music isn't even that horrible, but the u...
emerald stage
  01/17/26
The problem here is that this incomprehensibly complex style...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
but content tp
hyperventilating chrome brunch
  01/17/26
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arousing shimmering candlestick maker pistol
  01/17/26
Sorabji's 19th etude. Oddly upbeat and unserious considering...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
Jcm here
jet splenetic chapel
  01/17/26
Julius Eastman's "Crazy Nigger": https://www.youtu...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
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white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
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Topaz flirting principal's office
  01/17/26
Hikari Kiyama's "Three Shells" for two hands and o...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
this is completely preposterous
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
...
Topaz flirting principal's office
  01/17/26
I'm Facebook friends with the pianist Ljl
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
lmao
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
And the composer too. Almost forgot.
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
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white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
This isn't even Kiyama's most preposterous piece. Check out ...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/18/26
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bearded codepig
  01/17/26
Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 4 for solo piano: http...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
Nice, still discernible dramatic arc though dissonant
bearded codepig
  01/17/26
Yes, I view this piece as being pushed to the absolute limit...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
I have attended one of the note changes in the Halberstadt p...
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
I rate you as insufferable minimalism by John Adams. Here's ...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
180 thank you you used the phrase "obviously a cynical...
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
No doubt John Cage spewed out a lot of pure trash, but some ...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
can you please link me to Cage's pieces for prepared piano y...
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
Haven't listened to them in over a decade at this point, so ...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
link in here please if any come to mind later on, I've never...
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAImmOqNzzs
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
ty
white overrated windowlicker
  01/17/26
Herbert Henck is a great pianist. I believe his recordings o...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
Damn just looked him up, and he died recently. RIP bro.
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
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electric giraffe partner
  01/17/26
"Evryali" by Iannis Xenakis, specifically Takahash...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
...
embarrassed to the bone erotic puppy range
  01/17/26
is this a compliment? are we friends?
electric giraffe partner
  01/17/26
This is my favorite piece by Xenakis.
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
I love you so much
electric giraffe partner
  01/17/26
...
embarrassed to the bone erotic puppy range
  01/17/26
Clarence Barlow's variations on the last movement from Beeth...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
...
kink-friendly twinkling gaping striped hyena
  01/17/26
I hate to mention the same composer twice, but I can't think...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/18/26
do you know this? Fazil Say - Black Earth interesting te...
awkward tanning salon indirect expression
  01/17/26
I know the pianist/composer, but I haven't heard this partic...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/17/26
understood. and yes i understand this reaching inside is fr...
awkward tanning salon indirect expression
  01/17/26
Reaching inside was Cowell's innovation. And Cowell was one ...
Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing
  01/18/26
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awkward tanning salon indirect expression
  01/18/26


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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:20 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

mostly solo piano.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596192)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:23 AM
Author: burgundy point antidepressant drug

requesting Chopin pls

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596197)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:27 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Chopin is from the 19th century, so we'll have to resort to an early 20th-century reintepretation of Chopin's etudes by Godowsky. Not particularly bizarre, just difficult to perform. Apologies in advance for any disappointment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuEa1XLEVSw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596202)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:24 AM
Author: awkward tanning salon indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596198)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 10:29 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

The second nocturne from Sciarrino's Due Notturni Crudeli -- to be performed with rage per the composer's instructions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_dn3ORLq6s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596206)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:05 PM
Author: awkward tanning salon indirect expression

wild, ty!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596339)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:37 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

There's usually no middle ground with this type of music: you either love it or violently hate it and think it's just noise.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596419)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:03 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596874)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: emerald stage

that kind of music generally sucks, but content

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596394)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Have to go with Ferneyhough then. He's obviously a cynical fraud and charlatan, but that's true of most composers with a similar style. Personally I can't stand any of his music. Enjoy! Just look at how pretentious the piece's title is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYMXbM0RCeU



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596404)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: emerald stage

180, the piece qua music isn't even that horrible, but the unreadble notation and beyond pretentious title push it over the top

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597223)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

The problem here is that this incomprehensibly complex style is taken to the point where I could create the same semi-random but pointlessly complex music despite me having no talent as a composer. That's why you can't take Ferneyhough or similar composers seriously. But they do want you to take them seriously. After all, Ferneyhough made it all the way to Stanford with this gibberish "music."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597685)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:58 PM
Author: hyperventilating chrome brunch

but content tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597001)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:41 PM
Author: arousing shimmering candlestick maker pistol



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596425)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 12:47 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Sorabji's 19th etude. Oddly upbeat and unserious considering Sorabji's typically serious style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFZYqLqBHOc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596437)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 1:17 PM
Author: jet splenetic chapel

Jcm here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596525)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Julius Eastman's "Crazy Nigger": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aR0naIp9eM

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596530)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596884)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 1:20 PM
Author: Topaz flirting principal's office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596538)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:55 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Hikari Kiyama's "Three Shells" for two hands and one foot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyy3CRuMQnc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596865)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:22 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

this is completely preposterous

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596919)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:41 PM
Author: Topaz flirting principal's office



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596958)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:47 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

I'm Facebook friends with the pianist Ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596979)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596985)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:58 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

And the composer too. Almost forgot.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596999)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 4:48 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597089)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

This isn't even Kiyama's most preposterous piece. Check out his "Innocent Prisoner" for piano and voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LIw8ykSmGU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49598324)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:56 PM
Author: bearded codepig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596869)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 2:59 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 4 for solo piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKfFaSWr4m0

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596870)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: bearded codepig

Nice, still discernible dramatic arc though dissonant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596948)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Yes, I view this piece as being pushed to the absolute limit of dissonance and complexity without devolving into randomness. Actually it goes too far, but there's much worse out there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596986)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:05 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

I have attended one of the note changes in the Halberstadt performance of John Cage's As Slow As Possible. Rate me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_Slow_as_Possible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596877)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:10 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

I rate you as insufferable minimalism by John Adams. Here's his "Phrygian Gates": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DixKnE9HqIU

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596883)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:12 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

180 thank you

you used the phrase "obviously a cynical fraud and charlatan" above and that is how I view Cage but others may disagree

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596891)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:16 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

No doubt John Cage spewed out a lot of pure trash, but some of his music is actually enjoyable. For instance, his pieces for prepared piano.

Ferneyhough, the fraud and charlatan, is just SPS with no redeeming qualities. It's just unnecessary complexity and near-randomness that ordinary people laugh at (and should).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596904)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:20 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

can you please link me to Cage's pieces for prepared piano you enjoyed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596915)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:34 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Haven't listened to them in over a decade at this point, so I don't remember specific pieces. The interesting ones had minimalist aspects IIRC. The problem with the recordings is the piano preparation and resultant sound varies wildly with each recording. So some recordings sound dull while others are more lively.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596940)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:36 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

link in here please if any come to mind later on, I've never been able to enjoy anything by Cage but I'm open to reassessing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596945)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:40 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAImmOqNzzs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596952)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:49 PM
Author: white overrated windowlicker

ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596984)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:52 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Herbert Henck is a great pianist. I believe his recordings of Cage's works were my favorite.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596991)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:53 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Damn just looked him up, and he died recently. RIP bro.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596993)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:38 PM
Author: electric giraffe partner



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596950)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 3:48 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

"Evryali" by Iannis Xenakis, specifically Takahashi's recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbUgAXt75s8

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49596980)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone erotic puppy range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597105)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:25 PM
Author: electric giraffe partner

is this a compliment? are we friends?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597348)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 6:49 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

This is my favorite piece by Xenakis.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597403)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 7:24 PM
Author: electric giraffe partner

I love you so much

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597475)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone erotic puppy range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597104)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 5:02 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Clarence Barlow's variations on the last movement from Beethoven's last piano sonata, for mechanical piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gyJkYWdWWo (gets interesting after about 8-10 minutes)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597137)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 7:00 PM
Author: kink-friendly twinkling gaping striped hyena



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597425)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 8:56 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

I hate to mention the same composer twice, but I can't think of anything more appropriate than Michael Finnissy's Piano Concerto no. 6 for solo piano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_Y1bZYi60M

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49598298)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:10 PM
Author: awkward tanning salon indirect expression

do you know this? Fazil Say - Black Earth

interesting technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYtybgToH2Q&t=28s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597568)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 8:43 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

I know the pianist/composer, but I haven't heard this particular piece. Classical music snobs would probably thumb their noses at this piece, but the snobs can be ignored. All that matters is whether you like it.

The technique of modifying the sound of the piano by interacting with the strings themselves is not new. Henry Cowell first explored this around 100 or so years ago. John Cage took the idea further in his pieces for prepared piano, which I mentioned earlier.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597648)



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Date: January 17th, 2026 9:45 PM
Author: awkward tanning salon indirect expression

understood. and yes i understand this reaching inside is from cage - i like this a lot more than him though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49597813)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 8:54 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Black Useless Brakes Genital Piercing

Reaching inside was Cowell's innovation. And Cowell was one of Cage's teachers, if I remember correctly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49598296)



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Date: January 18th, 2026 10:26 AM
Author: awkward tanning salon indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5823208&forum_id=2#49598425)