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The composer Pescard (1400–1474) is known to have been prolific, but little appears to have survived from the middle of Pescard’s career (1440–1450). There are, however, many anonymous musical compositions from that decade, and modern scholarship has tentatively attributed several of them to Pescard. The recent attribution of one such piece, a particularly fine large-scale work, seems secure, being based on a newly discovered theoretical treatise from 1560 that names Pescard as that work’s composer.
Which of the following, if true, would provide the most justification for judging secure modern scholarship’s attribution of the large-scale work to Pescard?
A. The 1560 treatise considers many works from the 1400s about whose authorship modern scholars had reached agreement before the treatise was discovered, and its attribution of these works to composers never disagrees with that of modern scholars.
B. The 1560 treatise itself says that authorship of the work at issue is in dispute and attributes it to Pescard on the basis of a few stylistic features that turn out to be equally characteristic of other composers of the period.
C. There are many other compositions from the 1400s whose authorship is in dispute among modern scholars that the 1560 treatise attributes to named composers.
D. Around the time that the treatise was written, works were frequently attributed to prestigious composers, such as Pescard, simply because the person making the attribution thought well of the work.
E. There are stylistic features of the work at issue that although first appearing in Pescard’s early works also appear both in works of Pescard’s contemporaries and in later works by Pescard.
Which of the following, if true, would provide the most justification for judging secure modern scholarship’s attribution of the large-scale work to Pescard?
A. The 1560 treatise considers many works from the 1400s about whose authorship modern scholars had reached agreement before the treatise was discovered, and its attribution of these works to composers never disagrees with that of modern scholars.
B. The 1560 treatise itself says that authorship of the work at issue is in dispute and attributes it to Pescard on the basis of a few stylistic features that turn out to be equally characteristic of other composers of the period.
C. There are many other compositions from the 1400s whose authorship is in dispute among modern scholars that the 1560 treatise attributes to named composers.
D. Around the time that the treatise was written, works were frequently attributed to prestigious composers, such as Pescard, simply because the person making the attribution thought well of the work.
E. There are stylistic features of the work at issue that although first appearing in Pescard’s early works also appear both in works of Pescard’s contemporaries and in later works by Pescard.
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The composer Pescard (1400–1474) is known to have been prolific, but little appears to have survived from the middle of Pescard’s career (1440–1450). There are, however, many anonymous musical compositions from that decade, and modern scholarship has tentatively attributed several of them to Pescard. The recent attribution of one such piece, a particularly fine large-scale work, seems secure, being based on a newly discovered theoretical treatise from 1560 that names Pescard as that work’s composer.
Which of the following, if true, would provide the most justification for judging secure modern scholarship’s attribution of the large-scale work to Pescard?
A. The 1560 treatise considers many works from the 1400s about whose authorship modern scholars had reached agreement before the treatise was discovered, and its attribution of these works to composers never disagrees with that of modern scholars.
This is interesting.
If it has been found that the treatise agrees with separate work of modern scholars, then what the treatise says about Pescard is likely reliable.
Keep.
B. The 1560 treatise itself says that authorship of the work at issue is in dispute and attributes it to Pescard on the basis of a few stylistic features that turn out to be equally characteristic of other composers of the period.
If anything, this weakens the case for the conclusion by indicating that the evidence provided by the treatise is weak.
Eliminate.
C. There are many other compositions from the 1400s whose authorship is in dispute among modern scholars that the 1560 treatise attributes to named composers.
The fact that the treatise attribute authorship of compositions to many composers doesn't mean it's correct or reliable.
Eliminate.
D. Around the time that the treatise was written, works were frequently attributed to prestigious composers, such as Pescard, simply because the person making the attribution thought well of the work.
If anything, this weakens the argument by tying the treatise to unreliable attribution practices.
Eliminate.
E. There are stylistic features of the work at issue that although first appearing in Pescard’s early works also appear both in works of Pescard’s contemporaries and in later works by Pescard.
This choice weakens the case for the conclusion by indicating that evidence seeming to connect the work to Pescard could also connect it to others.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: A
Which of the following, if true, would provide the most justification for judging secure modern scholarship’s attribution of the large-scale work to Pescard?
A. The 1560 treatise considers many works from the 1400s about whose authorship modern scholars had reached agreement before the treatise was discovered, and its attribution of these works to composers never disagrees with that of modern scholars.
This is interesting.
If it has been found that the treatise agrees with separate work of modern scholars, then what the treatise says about Pescard is likely reliable.
Keep.
B. The 1560 treatise itself says that authorship of the work at issue is in dispute and attributes it to Pescard on the basis of a few stylistic features that turn out to be equally characteristic of other composers of the period.
If anything, this weakens the case for the conclusion by indicating that the evidence provided by the treatise is weak.
Eliminate.
C. There are many other compositions from the 1400s whose authorship is in dispute among modern scholars that the 1560 treatise attributes to named composers.
The fact that the treatise attribute authorship of compositions to many composers doesn't mean it's correct or reliable.
Eliminate.
D. Around the time that the treatise was written, works were frequently attributed to prestigious composers, such as Pescard, simply because the person making the attribution thought well of the work.
If anything, this weakens the argument by tying the treatise to unreliable attribution practices.
Eliminate.
E. There are stylistic features of the work at issue that although first appearing in Pescard’s early works also appear both in works of Pescard’s contemporaries and in later works by Pescard.
This choice weakens the case for the conclusion by indicating that evidence seeming to connect the work to Pescard could also connect it to others.
Eliminate.
Correct answer: A
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