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Advanced piece of music, possibly burdensome (4)

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I believe the answer is:

onus

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'advanced piece' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'of music possibly burdensome' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'nus' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for onus that I've seen before include "'Responsibility, task or burden (4)'" , "'Burden, of proof (4)'" , "Encumbrance" , "albatross?" , "Responsibilty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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