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    It is not the case that Exemplification, as Goodman defines it, requires that the exemplifying sample actually possesses the property it refers back to, so a performance cannot exemplify a score-defined work it fails to instantiate.

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    • 1.Exemplification may require only sufficient resemblance or intentional reference, not perfect instantiation of every score requirement.
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    • 2.Performances can exemplify aspects of a work (its general character, style, intent) even if they fail minor technical specifications.
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    • 3.Goodman's strict exemplification model may not fit musical works, where pragmatic convention allows imperfect instantiation to exemplify.
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    • 1.Exemplification requires actual possession of properties; a sample cannot refer back to what it lacks without being misleading or false.
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    • 2.Score-defined works have precise, constitutive requirements; performances failing these requirements instantiate different works or none at all.
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    • 3.Allowing non-instantiating performances to exemplify scores collapses the distinction between a work and its failed approximations.
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