GMAT Verbal & Essays

Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only with an Edison phonograph and insatiable curiosity.
(A) Traveling the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were armed only
(B) In 1905, Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, traveling the back roads of Hungary, began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, and they were only armed
(C) In 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary armed only
(D) Having traveled the back roads of Hungary, in 1905 Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology; they were only armed
(E) Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly, in 1905 began their pioneering work in ethnomusicology, traveling the back roads of Hungary, arming themselves only

can anyone dissect it.??

All the sentences seem to be flawed. However, if asked to pick best, I'll pick D which looks least flawed.

Plz tell the source and OA.

I was thinking C...some ugly sentences.

OA is C.

But doesnt it means like "work in ethnomusicology" was traveling.???

confused.!!

can anybody explain more details about each answer choice pls! this question is very interested to me even I pick the wrong answer.

I choose A.

I agree with Dinesh on C.