I originally chose answer A but chose answer B during blind review. I don't really have an articulable reason why.
I chose A over B because the author of Passage A mentions that poetry and music are each greater alone so I took that to mean they are diminished when combined.
I thought B was a good answer because of line 15-16 when the author notes that linking the two can be good as long as music is subordinated to music meaning that music has a greater role in opera.
Can someone help me give a clear reason why B is better than A
Thanks in advance!
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Re: Q21
The discussion about the third type of opera was essentially:
"Theoretically, there should be a third type of opera, in which WORDS are the most important part and MUSIC plays a subordinate role. But while they tried that form at first, it didn't catch on. They needed music to play a bigger role in order for opera to take off".
Q21 is asking us what we can conclude from that.
Can we conclude (A): "Both poetry and music are diminished by being joined into one art form?"
Hmmm, that seems weird. First of all, poetry's not quite even being talked about there. Secondly, it sounds like the third kind of opera sucked because it didn't have enough music. So that sounds like joining more music to the poetry of the libretto is ENHANCING the art form, not diminishing it.
Can we conclude (B): "The aesthetic value of opera leans heavily on music?"
Yeah, that seems fair. After all, we were told that when there wasn't as much musical importance, people didn't like it. We had to make music play a more important role in order for opera to take off. So it sounds like opera leans heavily on music.
(C) They're clearly divisible, since in discussing the three forms, we're playing around with different recipes of music vs. words.
(D) This is the opposite of what we just heard about. In discussing the third form, we learn that the poetry gained by being combined with more music.
(E) This is so vague that it's almost defendable, although passage A is not gonna say that music and lyrics are EQUAL elements. Line 15-16 clearly declares music as the more important force.
"Theoretically, there should be a third type of opera, in which WORDS are the most important part and MUSIC plays a subordinate role. But while they tried that form at first, it didn't catch on. They needed music to play a bigger role in order for opera to take off".
Q21 is asking us what we can conclude from that.
Can we conclude (A): "Both poetry and music are diminished by being joined into one art form?"
Hmmm, that seems weird. First of all, poetry's not quite even being talked about there. Secondly, it sounds like the third kind of opera sucked because it didn't have enough music. So that sounds like joining more music to the poetry of the libretto is ENHANCING the art form, not diminishing it.
Can we conclude (B): "The aesthetic value of opera leans heavily on music?"
Yeah, that seems fair. After all, we were told that when there wasn't as much musical importance, people didn't like it. We had to make music play a more important role in order for opera to take off. So it sounds like opera leans heavily on music.
(C) They're clearly divisible, since in discussing the three forms, we're playing around with different recipes of music vs. words.
(D) This is the opposite of what we just heard about. In discussing the third form, we learn that the poetry gained by being combined with more music.
(E) This is so vague that it's almost defendable, although passage A is not gonna say that music and lyrics are EQUAL elements. Line 15-16 clearly declares music as the more important force.
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