Time is usually compressed, in narratives. Even the Aristotelian unity of time, in its neoclassical interpretation, sets a limit of one day, with the play itself lasting a few hours. A biopic lasts a couple of hours, representing an entire life. The opposite of narrative, as in Ulysses, a long novel dealing with events of a single day, is rightly seen as innovative.
Musical time: a single solo might be 50 seconds, but a lot is going on there. Time is intensely filled.
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