Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Musicologist: Many critics complain of the disproportion between text

Musicologist: Many critics complain of the disproportion between text and music in Handel’s da capo arias. These texts are generally quite short and often repeated well beyond what is needed for literal understanding. Yet such criticism is refuted by noting that repetition serves a vital function: it frees the audience to focus on the music itself, which can speak to audiences whatever theirlanguage .

Which one of the following sentences best expresses the main point of the musicologist’s reasoning?

(A) Handel’s da capo arias contain a disproportionate amount ofmusic . - WRONG. True or false it does not stand to be the main point since the blue text takes the passage in a direction where having disproportionate amount of music or not is irrelevant. 
(B) Handel’s da capo arias are superior tomost in their accessibility to diverse audiences. - WRONG. Uncalled for. 
(C) At least one frequentcriticism of Handel’s da capo arias is undeserved. - CORRECT. POE helps but picking
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Statistics : Posted by unraveled • on 18 Sep 2018, 09:41 • Replies 4 • Views 4104

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