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

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Concupiscible Affirmative Action Property
  06/20/12
I prefer Satie, but I realize Chopin is probably objectively...
Electric Very Tactful Whorehouse
  06/20/12
what are your favorite compositions by Satie?
Concupiscible Affirmative Action Property
  06/21/12
Satie is way more limited. Most people who like Satie just l...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  12/19/12
idk but Chopin is 180
Passionate step-uncle's house reading party
  06/20/12
i believe this was before To be fair
Effete impertinent meetinghouse
  06/20/12
that would be Ludwig van Beethoven HTH
misanthropic sanctuary
  12/19/12
lol
Geriatric curious hell
  12/19/12
(ignorant reptile prole with no classical training)
misanthropic sanctuary
  01/10/13
TBF, my favorite piano music is mostly Bach, but he did not ...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  12/19/12
Bach, actually. Wrote more complicated shit than m...
orange gas station haunted graveyard
  12/19/12
bach didnt write for piano
misanthropic sanctuary
  01/10/13
bach was also not the father of baroque music at all - he wa...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
I guess you need to skim wikipedia for longer than 45 second...
umber school
  01/10/13
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Gay Arousing Mediation
  01/10/13
Going to get shit for this but.... Erik Satie.
adventurous shrine travel guidebook
  01/10/13
Not trying to be a dick here, but are there really more than...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
He's got some tasty nuggets, but I don't think it makes sens...
umber school
  01/10/13
I also don't get the impression that he's much of a pianist'...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
(pianist here) his music is very simple to play. minimalist ...
misanthropic sanctuary
  01/10/13
I think of his stuff as a really interesting curiosity. His ...
umber school
  01/10/13
music for people who don't really like music now this is ...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
Beethoven's 32 sonatas are the greatest contribution to pian...
misanthropic sanctuary
  01/10/13
Highly credited. We're probably still catching up to what he...
salmon field people who are hurt
  01/10/13
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cardboard ayatollah
  03/05/26
Cr I love playing and listening to Chopin.... But the obj...
citrine plaza queen of the night
  01/10/13
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things from the 90s/00s so ethereal and dreamlike:
  03/05/26
Not the greatest ever but possibly the greatest living
Dashing maroon sweet tailpipe
  01/10/13
favorite chopin interpreters?
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
I'll start with the odvious, Horowitz.
misanthropic sanctuary
  01/10/13
not obvious. rubinstein is the obvious
Fragrant native clown
  01/10/13
lipatti is the obvious, FUCK THE HATERS http://www.youtub...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
obviously your proles have never heard of kaikhosru shapurji...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
EDIT: holy shit, i legit though you made up this name
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
edit: hahaha yeah one of the great madmen of piano compositi...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
spotifying the dude right now
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
lol no joke: I just put "Two Piano Pieces" on Spot...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
if you want an interesting listen, you should check out rzew...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
To be fair, (Conlon Nancarrow)
ebony soul-stirring dingle berry theater stage
  02/18/14
lol
umber school
  01/10/13
Bach's BWV 639 sends shivers down my spine every time I hear...
Smoky Nighttime Tanning Salon
  01/10/13
excellent choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fhqqxEQRRY
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
One of my favorite pieces of music. But it's Busoni you have...
Bisexual aphrodisiac main people
  01/10/13
W.W.Rina.S.?
Brass multi-billionaire
  01/10/13
I'm taking over this thread. It's now about random cool reco...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
ernie looks like doobs
Dashing maroon sweet tailpipe
  01/10/13
heifetz plays the slow movement of the respighi violin sonat...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
the saint-saens oboe sonata is not nearly as well known as i...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
ligeti's "artikulation" with visual score: http://...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
racist classical music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brC3q...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
oistrakh plays locatelli's "labyrinth" live: ht...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
messiaen has an unusual take on christmas music: http://www....
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
nancarrow has an expanded view of the possibilities offered ...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
ever hear of ruggles? if not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
To be fair, Use your ears like goddamn men
ebony soul-stirring dingle berry theater stage
  02/18/14
diamond's symphony #3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ImTH...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
a counter-tenor sings the tchaikovsky "lullaby" ...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
i'll bet you didn't know that tchaikovsky wrote string quart...
nofapping macaca kitchen
  01/10/13
No
Kink-friendly Potus Abode
  03/21/16


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Date: June 20th, 2012 11:58 PM
Author: Concupiscible Affirmative Action Property



(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: Electric Very Tactful Whorehouse

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: Concupiscible Affirmative Action Property

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: Passionate step-uncle's house reading party

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: Effete impertinent meetinghouse

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: misanthropic sanctuary

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: Geriatric curious hell

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: misanthropic sanctuary

(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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: orange gas station haunted graveyard

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: misanthropic sanctuary

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: umber school

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: Gay Arousing Mediation



(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: adventurous shrine travel guidebook

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: umber school

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: misanthropic sanctuary

(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: umber school

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: misanthropic sanctuary

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: salmon field people who are hurt

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: cardboard ayatollah



(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: citrine plaza queen of the night

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: Dashing maroon sweet tailpipe

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: misanthropic sanctuary

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: Fragrant native clown

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: ebony soul-stirring dingle berry theater stage

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: umber school

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: Smoky Nighttime Tanning Salon

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: Bisexual aphrodisiac main people

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: Brass multi-billionaire

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: Dashing maroon sweet tailpipe

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: ebony soul-stirring dingle berry theater stage

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: nofapping macaca kitchen

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: Kink-friendly Potus Abode

No

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