Passage Summary: European music is great and popular because it stopped needing a specific reason to exist, like a church service or a party, and started being its own self-contained thing.

Conclusion: European music's global influence and sophistication stem from its transition from functional necessity to independent, internally coherent style.

Reasoning: Because compositions became self-sufficient, they no longer required the specific context of a dance or religious rite to be understood or appreciated.

Analysis: Since we are looking for what must be false, we need to find an answer choice that contradicts the idea that European music is independent of its original function. The stimulus emphasizes that the music's strength lies in its internal coherence and its ability to stand independent of its origins. Any claim suggesting that European music cannot be understood or does not function without its original ritualistic or social context would be a direct violation of the passage's logic. It's a bit ironic that music meant for a party is considered 'sophisticated' specifically because it doesn't need the party anymore.