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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?
While both compositins 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.
A
Live On, Heart of My Nation and Cacéga Ayuwipi are two compositions written by Ballard, a classical music composer.
B
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.
C
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.
D