It's a "Romantic Generation" (Charles Rosen) thing. Of course, I could just say, listen to the Chopin Nocturnes as explanation. (Or some of Schumann's earlier works.)
439 posted on 05/01/2006 8:53:41 PM PDT by Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)