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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The experience of a musicologist listening to music of a different culture can be compared to that of a linguist listening to a foreign language they are not familiar with. Both involve an unfamiliarity with the sounds, structures, and meanings of a different cultural expression.

The Experience of a Musicologist Listening for the First Time