Composers like Ravel and Milhaud built acceleration itself into musical form

Evidence

The most pronounced experimentation with dynamic effects is perhaps that of Maurice Ravel, whose Boléro, for example, achieves an illusory effect of acceleration through changes in instrumentation. Finally, Darius Milhaud heightens the idea of musical acceleration to the point of absurdity in his three operas minutes (1927) by running through the material of three Greek tragedies in a few minutes. — Hartmut Rosa, Social Acceleration, 164

Categorization

• CANDY: Milhaud’s three Greek-tragedy operas compressed into minutes is a light, striking trivia nugget.
• XREF: connects to: Tempo can be made to audibly accelerate forever by layering tempo octaves

Broader Connections

• Tempo can be made to audibly accelerate forever by layering tempo octaves #expands (0.75)