Company retuned cornet for a musical performance (8)
I believe the answer is:
concerto
'a musical performance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'company retuned cornet' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'company' could be 'co' (abbreviation) and 'co' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'cornet' is 'ncerto' which is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for concerto that I've seen before include "Orchestral work for solo instrument" , "Orchestral piece" , "10 [COMPOSITION]" , "piece of music" , "Musical composition" .)