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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.
• He sought to synthesize Western classical music with elements of various Native musical traditions.
• Ballard’s composition Pan Indian Rhythms incorporates Ute notched sticks, a traditional Native instrument.
• Ethnomusicologist Tara Browner writes that Ballard’s classical music “relies on Indigenous instruments, rhythms, forms....and other musical elements.”

The student wants to connect the quotation from Browner to a specific composition. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Discussing Ballard’s body of works, Browner observes that it relies on elements of various Native musical traditions.

B

Browner notes that Ballard’s music “relies on Indigenous instruments, rhythms, forms....and other musical elements,” further indicating that it synthesizes Western classical music with elements of various Native music traditions.

C

Consistent with Browner’s observation that Ballard’s music “relies on Indigenous instruments, rhythms, forms....and other musical elements,” Pan Indian Rhythms incorporates Ute notched sticks.

D

Browner’s writing discusses Ballard, the classical music composer responsible for Pan Indian Rhythms.