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The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard 02 Mar 2020, 03:29
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This is the anchor I used to solve this : Unfortunately, these newly discovered treatises lend no support to the attribution of Lacrimae to Pescard
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The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard 02 Mar 2020, 03:44
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Is it me or anyone else find it difficult to comprehend whats written in many of critical reasoning and reading comprehension questions? My answer was correct here though but took me a while to understand. These questions make me realize that indeed English is a foreign language!
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The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard 28 Aug 2020, 17:52
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Can someone please explain vvhat this means

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Here is the gist:

Some work was tentatively attributed to Pescard because only one treatise from early 1500s did so.
Recently, many treatises from late 1500s have been found which attribute the work to Pescard.

Still, the newly found treatises lend no support.

Now, think why? The issue some time back was that only one treatise attributed that work to Pescard. Now many more later treatises have been found which also attribute that work to Pescard. Still, we are not considering them credible - why? Probably because the later treatises were based on the one treatise of early 1500. We need more original attributions to Pescard. Actually, if you think a little, you can arrive at the reason on your own. (D) fits perfectly here.

As for (A), it is not a contender here. It says that the early 1500 treatise misidentifies some composers. It doesn't tell you why the later 1500 treatises that we have found are not credible. After 'since', you are looking for a reason why the newly discovered treatises lend no support to the attribution. For the same reason, we can ignore (B) .
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Hi VeritasKarishma -- i do understand why D is right but i do have a followup on D

If the late 1500 treaties are based on the early 1500 treaties == doesn't that give us another reason to believe P is associated to Lacrimae even much so ?

I thought about if the blue mattered but perhaps it does not as the argument is only talking about strengthening why the late 1500 treaties don't add any value to the early 1500 treaties and that is all
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The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard 29 Aug 2020, 06:14
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Please help me in understanding why option (A) is not the right answer.
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Can someone please explain vvhat this means

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Here is the gist:

Some work was tentatively attributed to Pescard because only one treatise from early 1500s did so.
Recently, many treatises from late 1500s have been found which attribute the work to Pescard.

Still, the newly found treatises lend no support.

Now, think why? The issue some time back was that only one treatise attributed that work to Pescard. Now many more later treatises have been found which also attribute that work to Pescard. Still, we are not considering them credible - why? Probably because the later treatises were based on the one treatise of early 1500. We need more original attributions to Pescard. Actually, if you think a little, you can arrive at the reason on your own. (D) fits perfectly here.

As for (A), it is not a contender here. It says that the early 1500 treatise misidentifies some composers. It doesn't tell you why the later 1500 treatises that we have found are not credible. After 'since', you are looking for a reason why the newly discovered treatises lend no support to the attribution. For the same reason, we can ignore (B) .

Hi VeritasKarishma -- i do understand why D is right but i do have a followup on D

If the late 1500 treaties are based on the early 1500 treaties == doesn't that give us another reason to believe P is associated to Lacrimae even much so ?

I thought about if the blue mattered but perhaps it does not as the argument is only talking about strengthening why the late 1500 treaties don't add any value to the early 1500 treaties and that is all
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You don't know if A (who lived 100 years ago) was linked to B.

You find a 100 year old book that says A was linked to B.
You get that tentatively there is a linkage. But you are not sure because no other 100 year old book says that A was linked to B.

Today 10 authors read that one book. On the basis of that, they write in their own books that A was linked to B. Does the linkage become stronger? No. All these 10 authors based their writing on that one book only which you already know. Only if you find some other independent books written 100 years ago saying that A was linked to B will the linkage strengthen.
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Please help me in understanding why option (A) is not the right answer.
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See here: https://gmatclub.com/forum/the-attribut ... l#p1127708
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The argument discusses the attribution of a choral work called Lacrimae to the composer Pescard. Initially, this attribution was regarded as tentative because it was based on a single treatise from the early 1500s that named Pescard as the composer. However, recently, several musical treatises from the late 1500s have been discovered, and they also name Pescard as the composer of Lacrimae.

Surprisingly, the argument states that these newly discovered treatises do not support the attribution of Lacrimae to Pescard. Now, let's consider the options provided and analyze each one to determine the logical completion of the argument:

Option (A) suggests that the treatise from the early 1500s misidentifies the composers of some of the musical works it considers. While this indicates a potential issue with the early treatise, it does not explain why the newly discovered treatises from the late 1500s do not support the attribution of Lacrimae to Pescard.

Option (B) proposes that the author of the treatise from the early 1500s had no strong evidence to support the identification of Pescard as the composer of Lacrimae. Although this could undermine the credibility of the early treatise, it does not directly address the lack of support in the newly discovered treatises.

Option (C) introduces the idea that there are works that can be conclusively attributed to Pescard, which were not even mentioned in the early treatise. While this highlights a potential inconsistency, it does not directly explain why the newly discovered treatises fail to support the attribution of Lacrimae to Pescard.

Option (D), however, provides a logical completion to the argument. It suggests that the later treatises probably had no source for their attribution other than the earlier treatise. In other words, the later treatises simply echoed the attribution made in the early treatise without independent verification or additional evidence. This explains why the newly discovered treatises from the late 1500s do not support the attribution of Lacrimae to Pescard.

Option (E) mentions the absence of treatises from the 1600s that identify Pescard as the composer of Lacrimae. While this absence might raise doubts about the attribution, it does not directly address the lack of support in the newly discovered treatises from the late 1500s.

Based on this analysis, we can conclude that option (D) is the most logical completion of the argument. It explains why the newly discovered treatises from the late 1500s do not support the attribution of Lacrimae to Pescard by suggesting that they simply relied on the earlier treatise without independent verification.
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The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard 27 Nov 2024, 04:29
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Let's break down the argument: The key point is that newly discovered treatises from the late 1500’s, which also name Pescard as the composer of Lacrimae, do not lend additional support to this attribution. We're looking for an option that explains why these later treatises aren't helpful in confirming Pescard as the composer.

Option (A): Misidentifications in the early treatise are not directly relevant to the fact that the later treatises are also naming Pescard.

Option (B): This option focuses on the early treatise's lack of strong evidence, not why the later treatises don't help.

Option (C): The presence of other works by Pescard not mentioned in the early treatise doesn’t explain the lack of support from the later treatises.

Option (D): This option suggests that the later treatises probably just repeated the information from the earlier treatise without any independent verification, which would mean they don't add new evidence.

Option (E): The absence of references to Pescard in 1600’s treatises doesn't explain why the late 1500’s treatises don't lend additional support.

So, Option (D) seems to be the most logical completion of the argument. It explains that the later treatises are not independent sources and likely copied the information from the early treatise, thus not providing new evidence.
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The attribution of the choral work Lacrimae to the composer Pescard 15 May 2026, 20:44
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Boil it down:
Early 1500s One evidence points to a possibility
Late 1500s Several evidences point to that possibility
BUT newly evidences lend no support
Since_________

Gap:
Resolve the paradox
Are there even more evidences?
Are the new evidences true?


(A) the treatise from the early 1500’s misidentifies the composers of some of the musical works it considers – irrelevant as our conclusion is about late 1500s treatise

(B) the author of the treatise from the early 1500’s had no very strong evidence on which to base the identification of Pescard as the composer of Lacrimae - irrelevant as our conclusion is about late 1500s treatise

(C) there are works that can conclusively be attributed to Pescard that are not even mentioned in the treatise from the early 1500’s – classical statistical trap - irrelevant as our conclusion is about late 1500s treatise

(D) the later treatises probably had no source for their attribution other than the earlier treatise – less sexy – makes our conclusion a bit stronger – hold on - correct

(E) no known treatises from the 1600’s identify Pescard as the composer of Lacrimae - irrelevant as our conclusion is about late 1500s treatise
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