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If speaking in absolutes, there is absolutely no way to play a note with the omission of any one of these components.(with the exception of sonance, which is probably a big reason it's questionable.)

1- It is physically impossible for there to be sound if it has no pitch. Every sound has a pitch.

2- Same for volume. Every sound has a volume.

3- Every sound must have a duration.

4- Every sound must have a tone, or "timbre".

No sound can exist in any form without each and every one of these components.

In the context of music, pitch is going to be the most important component ...
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If you scan all the way up to the original question, you'll see that the context is "music", not a single note, nor sound in general. Someone asked straight away if Mike meant "sound", instead of music, since the component list is pretty lame as far as "music" is concerned. Most of the thread reflects an attempt to get back "on topic".

Perhaps it would be better to start a new thread that opens with the quote, "There are four components to sound".

Later,
Emmit Sycamore