In typical accounts of the beginnings of bebopβthe first "modern" jazz style, which was originated in the 1940s by Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Thelonious Monk, among othersβcommercialism plays an important, though indirect, role. βββ
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Which one of the following ββββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββ βββ ββ βββββββββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββ ββ ββββββ
Artistic progress in βββββ ββ βββββββββ βββ ββββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββ
The author never suggests that progress resulted from commercial pressures. Although she thinks bebop musicians were still influenced by commercialism, and attempted to engage with commercialism, that doesnβt mean that commercial pressures caused the developments of bebop. So the author never uses (A) in the course of her argument.
In addition, even if the author believes commercialism caused the development of bebop, that doesnβt mean the author used the principle that progress is βgenerallyβ the result of commercial pressures. That would at most support the principle that artistic progress βis sometimesβ or βcan beβ a result of commercial pressures.
New movements in βββββ βββββββββ βββββ ββββ βββ βββββββββ ββ βββ βββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββ βββββββ ββββββ
The author never suggests that bebop (or any other new movement in music) started by rejecting fundamental principles of the previously reigning musical style. Although the third paragraph does mention that bebop βshedβ jazzβs associations with dance, popular song, and entertainment, we donβt know that those components were part of the βfundamental principlesβ of swing. Keep in mind, too, that the third paragraph is the authorβs characterization of the typical accountsβ view. Itβs not clear that the author agrees that bebop shed those associations.
Also, the author never uses a principle about what is βtypicallyβ true about new movements. Bebop would merely be a single example of a new movement. The author never argued, βSince bebop is a new movement, it probably rejected the fundamental principles of swing.β
Music historians should ββββ βββββββββ ββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββββ βββββββββββ ββββββββββββ ββ ββββββ
First-hand accounts? The passage never refers to first-hand accounts of musicians and never comments on the kinds of sources historians should use.
The turns of ββββββ ββββββββ ββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββ βββββββ βββ βββββββββββ ββββββββββββ
Music historians must ββββ ββββ βββ ββ βββ βββββ βββββββββ βββββββββββ βββββββββ βββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββ
The author doesnβt comment on music historiansβ βaesthetic preferences,β which refers to the artistic features or styles that the historians like. Although the author does say that the typical accounts of bebopβs origin may βsuit the needs of contemporary jazz discourse,β the needs of contemporary discourse do not clearly encompass oneβs artistic tastes.
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