LSAT 21, Reading Comprehension, Q4, LSATHacks

RC Question 4 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: Ringer is introduced in the final paragraph. He argued that the “London Pianoforte school” was a true school. They may have influenced Beethoven, and there is some evidence of an organized group of musicians headed by Clementi.

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1. CORRECT. Ringer thought Beethoven had to look outside of Austria to find innovative composers who wrote music for the
   Broadwood Piano.
   (Lines 41-42 and 49-55)
   If Austrians were also writing for the Broadwood Piano, then maybe Beethoven found his Broadwood inspiration within Austria.
2. This tells us that Clementi was composing at the right time to have influenced Beethoven. It doesn’t weaken the idea that there was a school.
3. Who cares about continental musicians? We only cared whether the London Pianoforte school influenced Beethoven.
   (London is not in continental Europe)
4. This would strengthen the idea that the Pianoforte school was a true organized school.
5. This makes it sound like the group was organized ,around Clementi. We want to show there was no organized group.

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