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Offline piabanoch

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overrated pieces
on: November 09, 2023, 01:28:09 PM
what are the most overrated pieces?
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I can't control Music, but Music controls me

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Re: overrated pieces
Reply #1 on: November 10, 2023, 03:35:50 AM
you know the drill!

fur elise
moonlight 1st
rondo alla turca
canon in d
op 9 no 2 nocturne

just as always. Not per se "bad," but we're just saying they're OVERrated
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last 3 schubert sonatas and piano trios are something else

Offline themeandvariation

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Re: overrated pieces
Reply #2 on: November 10, 2023, 03:42:41 AM
I wouldn't say the Moonlight 1st is overrated. Just overplayed -  . In the context of historical timeline, it is shocking. Magnificent in its defiance, and strangeness of mood.
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