【单选题】

The passage states that Old Roman and Gregorian chant repertories are
A．(A) less praiseworthy because of the absence of new listening strategies that allows listener to perceive their original context

B．(B) evidence of the musical supremacy of Western musical culture in virtue of their interesting use of gender metaphors
C．(C) wholly devoid of immanent musical characteristics, including but not limited to gender
D．(D) usually given interpretations that reveal more about the mindset of musical critics throughout history than the compositions themselves
E．(E) incapable of being explained, aesthetically speaking, by any form of musical criticism