New Zealand philosopher who has written comprehensively on the philosophy of music and the ontology of artworks — arguing for a performance-type ontology of musical works.
Musical Meaning and Expression: distinguished musical expressiveness from the expression of composer emotion — music is expressive because it resembles the behavioral expression of emotion. The ontology of musical works: musical works are types with multiple performances as tokens.
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