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I really can't believe how many people think this is real. I mean jesus christ. I didn't think anyone did??? Check three posts below yours, and twelve posts above ...
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I posted it on my Facebook and loads of people thought it was real lol
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Juilliard's version of an Onion article. Irony challenge is a serious condition. 
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Actually I heard that in addition to banning those pieces, they are recommending a short list of pieces which includes Mozart Sonata K. 545 first movement only, Beethoven Moonlight sonata first movement only and Fur Elise. Chopin nocturne Op.9 #2 in Eb major is optional.
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You wouldn't need to ban as much Chopin as you might expect. It may come as a surprise to many pianists that Chopin wrote more than two nocturnes. (Op. 27/2 and Op. 48/1 aren't the only ones!)
It may also come as a surprise to many that the Preludes don't need to be played complete and can be interspersed with these things called waltzes. There are also some impromptus that aren't hackneyed (3 in fact!)
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You wouldn't need to ban as much Chopin as you might expect. It may come as a surprise to many pianists that Chopin wrote more than two nocturnes. (Op. 27/2 and Op. 48/1 aren't the only ones!)
It may also come as a surprise to many that the Preludes don't need to be played complete and can be interspersed with these things called waltzes. There are also some impromptus that aren't hackneyed (3 in fact!) But scherzo no. 2 is the only scherzo he wrote. He should have written more of them.
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Great article. Posted it on my facebook too and a lot of people fell for it. Can't believe anybody did though, it was pretty obvious to me from the second paragraph.
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Hmmm, this really saddens me. Why should music come to that? If somebody connects with a piece,and plays it well and understand the emotional depth of the piece, then who cares whether the piece is well known or not. I just find the whole concept of "banned repertoire" pretty ignorant and silly. I mean, music is music, you can't "sort" music like that.
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Hmmm, this really saddens me. Why should music come to that? If somebody connects with a piece,and plays it well and understand the emotional depth of the piece, then who cares whether the piece is well known or not. I just find the whole concept of "banned repertoire" pretty ignorant and silly. I mean, music is music, you can't "sort" music like that. It's a JOKE!
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I really can't believe how many people think this is real. I mean jesus christ. Just talked with the "editor" of the Yard, and he just got a call from Juilliard admissions who got inundated with panicked calls from prospective auditionees. 
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Hmmm, this really saddens me. Why should music come to that? If somebody connects with a piece,and plays it well and understand the emotional depth of the piece, then who cares whether the piece is well known or not. I just find the whole concept of "banned repertoire" pretty ignorant and silly. I mean, music is music, you can't "sort" music like that. It's a JOKE! And I'm again reminded that many people do not read threads. They just read the OP. There are at least five posts in this thread that use terms like irony, sarcasm, or satire.
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I really can't believe how many people think this is real. I mean jesus christ. Just talked with the "editor" of the Yard, and he just got a call from Juilliard admissions who got inundated with panicked calls from prospective auditionees. One way to note the success of this "Yard" article is to see the reactions of the gullible, the credulous, and the inattentive readers. 
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Me thinks Orson Wells would have a field day in our current "information" era--where critical thinking/reading seems to be at an all time low, haha.
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Me thinks Orson Wells would have a field day in our current "information" era--where critical thinking/reading seems to be at an all time low, haha. ... and that would be titled, "War of the Conservatories!" Actually, I can't help but see a (possibly unintended) tweaking of Curtis, which specializes a bit more than Juilliard in precisely that 19th century literature.
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Tell me about it, anything post 1920 at Curtis made people twitchy.
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I really can't believe how many people think this is real. I mean jesus christ. Just talked with the "editor" of the Yard, and he just got a call from Juilliard admissions who got inundated with panicked calls from prospective auditionees. There is now a disclaimer at the top of the article warning readers that this is not the official position of Juilliard.
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I really can't believe how many people think this is real. I mean jesus christ. Just talked with the "editor" of the Yard, and he just got a call from Juilliard admissions who got inundated with panicked calls from prospective auditionees. There is now a disclaimer at the top of the article warning readers that this is not the official position of Juilliard. Yep, per the admissions "suggestion" 
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Juilliard's version of an Onion article. Irony challenge is a serious condition. In medical circles, I believe the official nomenclature is "irony deficiency."
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There is now a disclaimer at the top of the article warning readers that this is not the official position of Juilliard.
For the irony deficient ...
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Too funny. I'm surprised they didn't just go ahead and ad all Beethoven's "named" sonatas to the banned list.
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