Your finding, Visitor, on Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words does strike a chord, but does it strike inner accord and inspiration? The variations on classical structure Mendelssohn employs may only be glimmerings, but they do signify a progression from previous conceptions, which would have bored Chopin, as composers would break out of the classical mindset couched away from freer expression.The question is, was Mendelssohn merely toying with the rules, or was it born of intention, a foreshadow of the pent-up imminent romantic era? Necessity, as the maxim goes, is the mother of invention. Form, or function, must be reckoned with to carry out the need of the epoch. The normal antecedent-consequent interference provides mystery there which would agree with a teasingly postponed cadenza of Rachmaninov in his 2nd concerto, which in my mind reverberates within greater dimensions.We go from classicism's self-conscious restraint, to the very conscious surging of emotion at the height of romanticism's more involuntary power.
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And when you think about it, this daring evolution occurred in a very short time by music's historical standards. This enterprising leap would take a very confident composer. The psychology of composing does fascinate me, and yet there are always parts of the soul that are equally desired to be kept 'classical.' One wonders if such spontaneous evolution would cause a genuine outcry in older steeled souls. That anachronism could redefine the politics of society.