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Verbal·Expression of Ideas·Rhetorical Synthesis

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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Louis Ballard was a classical composer and citizen of the Quapaw Tribe.
• His compositions synthesize Western classical music with elements of various Native musical traditions.
• Ballard’s classical piece Live On, Heart of My Nation features a Choctaw hymn.
• Ballard’s classical piece Cacéga Ayuwipi incorporates a Haida gourd rattle, a traditional Native instrument.

The student wants to emphasize a difference between the two compositions. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

While both compositions integrate various Native musical traditions, Live On, Heart of My Nation does so by featuring a Choctaw hymn and Cacéga Ayuwipi does so by incorporating a Haida gourd rattle.

B

Live On, Heart of My Nation and Cacéga Ayuwipi are two compositions written by Ballard, a classical music composer.

C

In his two compositions Live On, Heart of My Nation and Cacéga Ayuwipi, Ballard blends elements of various Native musical traditions, such as Indigenous hymns or instruments, with Western classical music.

D

Ballard has different approaches to blending Western classical music with elements of various Native musical traditions, such as using Indigenous hymns and instruments in his compositions.