The plainchant composed by Hildegard of Bingen is unique in that it

a. used extremes of register to create "soaring arches" that she believed brought heaven and earth together.
b. used one and two notes on a keyboard accompaniment.
c. employed Classical symbolism.
d. became the repertoire of plainchant for the Mass.


Answer: a

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