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Q1

by logicfiend Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:50 pm

I was really frustrated with this question, and choose C instead of B, against my better judgement.

Here's I've written below figuring out what I found wrong with each of the other answer choices, so please correct anything I'm off about/missing.

After reading the passage, we're looking for answer choice that shows Temperley's anthology is overcoming the "deficiency" of a lack of information/study of the London Pianoforte School. Thanks to this anthology, we can now more properly study the school and its contributions to the musical time period. The closest answers are therefore B and C.

B) Correct: T's anthology contributes to our understanding of an influential period of music—Broad enough to include the two big points from the passage: anthology reproduces much of the school's music that was lost historically and now this availability will help refine our understanding of the school/musical time period.

C) Passage is not interested specifically at the original music being reproduced, as discussed in paragraph 2. Instead, it's important that Temperley's anthology includes the original scores because it "should encourage new critical perspectives about how piano music developed on the European continent..." L23-25. The "revival" of the music is a means to explore this time period of music, not an ends to itself

A) Temperley calling into question the designation of "school" is an accurate fact from the passage, but it's too specific, doesn't include other major points in passage.

D) Primary sources are most reliable for musicological research—out of scope/unsupported by passage.

E) Development in England of piano influenced composers/musicians throughout Europe—again, like A, the influence of the piano is discussed in the passage, but answer choice is too narrow to be main point.

Thanks in advance for any corrections!
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Re: Q1

by maryadkins Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:43 pm

Great breakdown. Yes on all fronts. Well done, and thanks for sharing your explanation with all of us here!