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    It is not the case that Elements of music not amenable to music's original function, such as harmony, remain entirely legitimate

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    • 1.If music evolved functionally, structural elements that co-evolved with that function derive their normativity from it.
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    • 2.Harmony in Western music co-evolved with communal and ritual sonic practices, making it functionally entangled, not incidental.
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    • 3.Elements that are functionally entangled cannot be declared legitimate independently of the original function without an alternative normative grounding.
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    • 1.Hanslick's formalism, the strongest defense of harmony's autonomy, was itself historically conditioned by 19th-century tonal practice.
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    • 2.A norm of legitimacy derived from historically contingent formalist aesthetics cannot serve as a universal, function-independent foundation for harmonic practice.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Spencer's explanation of music's origin is not a general theory of music's value
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    • 2.Factual hypotheses regarding music's origin are separate from aesthetic norms
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