listen to a short piece of music in which every moment has been crafted by the composer to add to the overall narrative/design/emotional content of the piece, rather than a long piece interlarded with “filler” used to pad the dimensions of the piece with pretensions towards grandiosity/seriousness/weight.
Shostakovich, I am looking squarely in your direction. Lili Boulanger, je t’adore, girl.
Agreed.