He Loves.....Wagner????

Pope Francis wrote, or said, 

"Among musicians I love Mozart, of course. The ‘Et incarnatus est’ from his Mass in C minor is matchless; it lifts you to God! I love Mozart performed by Clara Haskil. Mozart fulfills me. But I cannot think about his music; I have to listen to it. I like listening to Beethoven, but in a Promethean way, and the most Promethean interpreter for me is Furtwängler. And then Bach’s Passions. The piece by Bach that I love so much is the ‘Erbarme Dich,’ the tears of Peter in the ‘St. Matthew Passion.’ Sublime. 

Then, at a different level, not intimate in the same way, I love Wagner. I like to listen to him, but not all the time. The performance of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ by Furtwängler at La Scala in Milan in 1950 is for me the best. But also the ‘Parsifal’ by Knappertsbusch in 1962."

Oh dear!

Fats Waller, who props, in these sad days, my mind

Who prop, thou ask'st, in these sad days, my mind? (Matthew Arnold)


Among others, Fats Waller, here on YouTube - Your Feet's Too Big and Ain't Misbehavin' and My Very Good Friend the Milkman Says


Happy, funny, clever, innocent, and a great pianist. If he doesn't bring a smile to your face, and perhaps tears to your eyes, I shall be surprised.


Banish Wagner to the jakes where he belongs, and listen to Fats Waller, a little piece of Heaven.


A genius. God rest his soul.

Wagner - Muzak For The Lavatory

I can't sleep, so a Jack Daniels and warm water may help.

And does anyone else find Wagner's music as utterly repellent - evil even - as I do?

I suppose it would do as muzak in a very dirty public lavatory.