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Blame attached to farewell musical work (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cantata

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'musical work' is the definition.
(type of musical composition)

'blame attached to farewell' is the wordplay.
'blame' becomes 'can' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'attached to' says to put letters next to each other.
'farewell' becomes 'tata' (I've seen this before).
'can'+'tata'='CANTATA'

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(Other definitions for cantata that I've seen before include "Vocal-orchestral piece" , "Vocal composition" , "Vocal work with orchestra" , "Musical composition with religious text" , "One of 200+ by Bach" .)

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