The Experience of a Musicologist Listening for the First Time

question 33

Multiple Choice

The experience of a musicologist listening for the first time to music of a different culture is analogous to __________.

• A) a linguist exposed to a new foreign language
• B) an ethnographer meeting a new informant
• C) an artisan starting to work in the market economy
• D) an archaeologist beginning a new field season

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Definitions:

Bookkeeping Device

A tool or system used for recording and organizing financial transactions.

Ledger

A comprehensive collection of a company's financial accounts, including assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, and expenses.

Management

The method of coordinating, arranging, guiding, and managing resources to fulfill organizational objectives.

Trial Balance

A trial balance is a bookkeeping report that lists the balances in each of an organization's general ledger accounts in a specific moment in time, typically at the end of an accounting period.