I often say - and am often met with eye rolls - ALW’s influence and stature exist and will persist whether you like him or not. As a layman who doesn’t adore some of his work, including the piece* still running, I am awed by his gift for melody. Off the charts. So to speak.
*full disclosure; yet posting this I’m now humming “Prima Donna,” as I did, perhaps reluctantly, in my youth.
