Die Meistersigner at the Albert Hall -- Grice would not have agreed

From Richardson's obit of Grice in "The St. John's college Records":

"We shared a keen interest in music, which, after
philosophy and cricket, was of importance to him. He played
the piano and composed on it. He thought little of Wagner
and dismissed Die Meistersinger as "for children". Yet he
greatly admired Mahler. There was something in Mahler's music
that spoke directly to him."

--- where 'spoke' is meant metaphorically unless we 'hear' German.

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His favourite was K. Ferrier, the song of the earth.

Mine is "La donna e mobile".