Q 19 It can be inferred from the passage that the author would be most likely to agree with which one of the following assertions regarding the early music recordings mentioned in the 3rd paragraph?
(C) By making audible the sound of an orchestral piano that was inaudible in 18th centery performances, these recordings attempt to achieve aesthetic integrity at the expense of histroical authenticity.
(D) By making audible the sound of an orchestral piano that was inaudible in 18th centery performances, these recordings unwittingly create music that is unlike what 18th-century adiences heard.
I am confused about the choice C, which indicates that since the piano was actually inaudible, by making the instrument audible in the recordings is sacrificing the authenticity for aesthetic integrity. Why isn't this the right answer?
Hope someone could help me out, thanks!
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Re: Q19
Question Stem Type: inferred / most likely to agree
(beware EXTREME and COMPARISONS)
Question Stem Keywords:
early music recordings / 3rd paragraph
We pretty much have lines 37-46 to consider.
(A) WORD BLENDER - last movements played slower is a reference to Mozart and Beethoven discussion AFTER our window of text.
(B) WORD BLENDER - 'baroque' comes from earlier in the passage, not this window. This answer choice has nothing to do with the line reference, which is about whether or not we should have a pianist keeping time on early music recordings.
(C) ALMOST BACKWARDS - these recordings are actually attempting to achieve historical authenticity, by including the pianist who keeps time. Of course it's INACCURATE for the piano to be heard so audibly, but the early music snobs don't DESIRE that loud piano in the foreground for the sake of aesthetic integrity. Aesthetic integrity would NOT have the sound of the piano obtrusively in the foreground, as the composer did not desire that sound.
(D) CORRECT - only weird word here is 'unwittingly', but it's factually accurate to say that the sound of these recordings (with loud obtrusive piano) is unlike what 18th century audiences heard.
(E) WORD BLENDER - 'musical intensity and excitement', like choice (A), come from the following topic, not the detail about "early music recordings".
Again (C) vs. (D)
The early music people wanted a piano on the recording because they knew that during the original performance a piano kept time. They are doing this to be historically accurate, not to be aesthetically pleasing.
The fact that the piano is too loud on the recording makes the recording historically INaccurate, but that doesn't mean that the early music people thought that a loud piano would better achieve aesthetic integrity.
In a perfect world, the early music people would have just mixed the piano way softer in the background, so that historical accuracy AND aesthetic integrity could have been achieved.
For (D), 'unwittingly' seemed a little outside the 37-46 window, so I looked for something to make peace with that. If we rewind to the previous sentence, we see that "early music advocates" INADVERTENTLY ('unwittingly') messed up. For example, lines 37-46.
Hope this helps.
(beware EXTREME and COMPARISONS)
Question Stem Keywords:
early music recordings / 3rd paragraph
We pretty much have lines 37-46 to consider.
(A) WORD BLENDER - last movements played slower is a reference to Mozart and Beethoven discussion AFTER our window of text.
(B) WORD BLENDER - 'baroque' comes from earlier in the passage, not this window. This answer choice has nothing to do with the line reference, which is about whether or not we should have a pianist keeping time on early music recordings.
(C) ALMOST BACKWARDS - these recordings are actually attempting to achieve historical authenticity, by including the pianist who keeps time. Of course it's INACCURATE for the piano to be heard so audibly, but the early music snobs don't DESIRE that loud piano in the foreground for the sake of aesthetic integrity. Aesthetic integrity would NOT have the sound of the piano obtrusively in the foreground, as the composer did not desire that sound.
(D) CORRECT - only weird word here is 'unwittingly', but it's factually accurate to say that the sound of these recordings (with loud obtrusive piano) is unlike what 18th century audiences heard.
(E) WORD BLENDER - 'musical intensity and excitement', like choice (A), come from the following topic, not the detail about "early music recordings".
Again (C) vs. (D)
The early music people wanted a piano on the recording because they knew that during the original performance a piano kept time. They are doing this to be historically accurate, not to be aesthetically pleasing.
The fact that the piano is too loud on the recording makes the recording historically INaccurate, but that doesn't mean that the early music people thought that a loud piano would better achieve aesthetic integrity.
In a perfect world, the early music people would have just mixed the piano way softer in the background, so that historical accuracy AND aesthetic integrity could have been achieved.
For (D), 'unwittingly' seemed a little outside the 37-46 window, so I looked for something to make peace with that. If we rewind to the previous sentence, we see that "early music advocates" INADVERTENTLY ('unwittingly') messed up. For example, lines 37-46.
Hope this helps.
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