Composer Arvo Part developed a compositional technique he called tintinnabuli — based on the slow, layered repetition of simple elements suggesting bell tones — after a years-long period during which he composed almost nothing. He has said that he had reached an impasse with the dense modernist style of his earlier career and that the new technique emerged only after he abandoned what he had previously taken to be the necessary complexity of serious music.
Which choice most logically completes the text? The passage suggests that artistic development can sometimes _______
- A
depend on continuing the practices that earlier produced recognized work
- B
be entirely independent of the artist's earlier work
- C
occur without any change in the artist's underlying assumptions
- Dcheck_circle
involve a productive interruption in which prior premises are reconsidered
Explanation
A silent period followed by emergence of a new technique after abandoning prior assumptions supports B. A, C, D contradict the passage.