OK, ok, I know. I know the quote from Congreve is "Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast" (geez, you people are picky). But I'm not interested in softening rocks or bending knotted oaks. It's the little beasties I'm concerned about.
Bob Christiansen blogged last month that his dog hates music, but I think music, classical music, must have a soothing effect on some critters.
A lot of our listeners tell us that MPR's classical music soothes them when their nerves are jangled, and it seems the Ramsey County Humane Society must agree. When we adopted our little kitty, Bijou, last December, I was very happy to hear All-Classical 99.5 FM on their radio.
Now whether it was chosen to keep the staff happy, or the cats and birds (and maybe dogs), I don't know. And I didn't ask. Bijou listens contentedly to our classical music whenever it's on, and (my wife assures me) she perks up her ears a little bit when her master's voice comes on the radio.
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