A rope around a stone - first art work (9)

I believe the answer is:

rockopera

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'art work' is the definition.
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'a rope around a stone first' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates an anagram.
'stone' becomes 'rock' (synonyms).
'first' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'rope' is an anagram of 'oper'.
'oper'+'a'='opera'
'opera' after 'rock' is 'ROCKOPERA'.

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