Concert music has used any number of different solutions to form and structure issues
Yes it has, and my liking and appreciation of a given piece of concert music has a lot to do with what that solution is. Long pieces that have structures similar to those typical of opera, like most Richard Strauss tone poems, are among my least favorite concert music, and that's why.
Contrawise, an opera that takes a more integrated, concert-music approach to its structure will win more of my favor. This is part of why I favor Das Rheingold over the rest of Der Ring: it's more tightly constructed.
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Date: 2015-05-14 05:30 pm (UTC)Yes it has, and my liking and appreciation of a given piece of concert music has a lot to do with what that solution is. Long pieces that have structures similar to those typical of opera, like most Richard Strauss tone poems, are among my least favorite concert music, and that's why.
Contrawise, an opera that takes a more integrated, concert-music approach to its structure will win more of my favor. This is part of why I favor Das Rheingold over the rest of Der Ring: it's more tightly constructed.