pp2上一道阅读题~

wyr0426UID: 3041540

Music critics have consistently defined James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920s Harlem “stride” style, and an important blues and jazz composer. In addition, however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated American, and especially African American, traditions.
Such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both Milhaud and Gershwin had composed classical works that incorporated elements of jazz. Johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand Mihaud’s Gershwin’s experiments. In 1927 he completed his first large-scale work, the blues-and jazz-inspired Yamekraw, which included borrowings from spirituals and Johnson’s own popular songs. Yamekraw, premiered successfully in Carnegie Hall, was a major achievement for Johnson, becoming his most frequently performed extended work. It demonstrated vividly the possibility of assimilating contemporary popular music into the symphonic tradition.

8 consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply
The author suggests which of the following about most classical composers of the early 1920s?
A.
they were strongly influenced by the musical experiments of Milhaud and Gershwin
B.
they had little working familiarity with such forms of American music as jazz, blues, and popular songs.
C.
they made few attempts to introduce innovations into the classical symphonic tradition.
答案：B
我认为的依据
Johnson, a serious musician more experienced than most classical composers with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music
In addition, however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated American, and especially African American, traditions.
？？？？？？？？？？C选项为什么不对？

horrychangUID: 3131393

也对C选项有不清楚，原文中说到的classical composers好像是与主人公对比有没有吸纳新的艺术形式，如jazz,blues,貌似没提到创没创新，但不清楚是不是没有吸收就代表没有创新？

欧液UID: 3149019

Such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both Milhaud and Gershwin had composed classical works that incorporated elements of jazz.
这句就说明了1920s初期还是有些尝试的 还给出了两个例子

其实我觉得最主要的是:
Johnson是引进jazz啊blues啊的先行者 不能代表其他人没有做引进斯塔琴啊 手鼓啊 二胡啊之类的introduce innovations啊
而且选项里用的是attempt 这更是都没提过吧

loly_heUID: 3242491

我纠结的是为什么B就对了？文中只说J比那些人更有经验，没说那些人完全不了解啊。
而且，这种little什么的不是极端词嘛？