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The British Journal of Aesthetics Advance Access published online on October 9, 2009
The British Journal of Aesthetics, doi:10.1093/aesthj/ayp044
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Confessions of an Unrepentant Timbral Sonicist

Julian Dodd

Julian Dodd,University of Manchester

julian.dodd{at}manchester.ac.uk


  Abstract

Simplifying somewhat, sonicists believe that works of music are individuated purely in terms of how they sound. For them, exact sound-alikes are identical. Stephen Davies, in his ‘Musical Works and Orchestral Colour’ (BJA 48 (2008), pp. 363–375) took me to task for defending a version of sonicism. In this paper I seek to explain why Davies's objections miss their mark. In the course of the discussion, I make some methodological remarks about the ontology of music.


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