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Musicologists argue that the composer Darya Lysenko approached folk songs ethnographically — documenting them as living practices woven into daily labor rather than as isolated melodies to harvest. Her field notebooks bear this out: ____

Which quotation from the work most effectively illustrates the claim?

  1. A. "Beside each melody she noted the singer's name, village, and the work the song accompanied — haying, spinning, rocking a child."Correct
  2. B. "Her symphonies were performed in the capital to great acclaim."
  3. C. "She traveled third class to save the academy's small stipend."
  4. D. "Her letters complain that the pianos in provincial towns were badly tuned."

Answer: A. "Beside each melody she noted the singer's name, village, and the work the song accompanied — haying, spinning, rocking a child."

The claim is that she documented songs as living practices, not museum pieces; recording singer, place, and the work each song accompanied treats the music as embedded in daily life.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. "Her symphonies were performed in the capital to great acclaim."
Her symphonies' success in the capital is unrelated to her fieldwork method.
C. "She traveled third class to save the academy's small stipend."
Travel economies show diligence, not documentary method.
D. "Her letters complain that the pianos in provincial towns were badly tuned."
Piano complaints concern performance conditions, not song collection.

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