Nietzsche has simply drawn another line in the middle of needlessly categorized concepts. Musically, I find this distinction contradictory in places and nonsensical. Much of music seems characteristic of Apollinian nature, while Nietzsche writes that music cannot be Apollinian. The concrete, controlled, and static traits of the Apollinian idea could represent the limits and boundaries we have created for musical composition throughout the ages. Dionysian traits may then be a depiction of music that transcends this comfortable foundation in favor of chaos, unpredictability, and ascendance. However, music is strictly categorized alongside non-teleological poetry as "Dionysian" by him while the Apollinian category contains visual art and "epic poetry".
Nietzsche's entire concept seems to essentially simplify to the balance of nature between chaos and control, tragedy and miracle, death and life, and perhaps through a personal musical lens: dissonance and resolution. This is the way I see this concept while remaining musical as well as sensible. His own distinction is not helpful musically from my perspective, though it has provided thought for personal adaptation and connections that are helpful to our own understanding.
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