LSAT 21 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q3

RC Question 3 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Clementi and Field are mentioned in lines 10-16. Their music was available, unlike the music of other members of the Pianoforte school.

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1. Lines 12-13 say that the surviving editions of Field’s and Clementi’s music were not scholarly.
2. Field and Clementi’s works were better remembered than those of other members of the school. Line 12 said these works were “familiar enough.”
3. We don’t know if Field and Clementi’s works were particularly good. We only know that they survived. Bad works can survive.
4. CORRECT. The works of Field and Clementi are better known than works of other leading Pianoforte school composers. The works of the Cramer and Dussek were not revived (lines 14-16), and it’s strongly implied that there were no published editions of these works.
5. Temperley’s anthology might revive other composers whose works had been lost. Field and Clementi were less in need of revival, as they were still being published.