Composer’s “very loud” alternative? (4)
I believe the answer is:
orff
'composer's' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'very loud alternative?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'loud' could be 'ff' (short for fortissimo - 'very loud' in music) and 'ff' is present in the answer.
'alternative?' could be 'or' and 'or' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for orff that I've seen before include "German who scored" , "German composer, Carl d. 1982" , "Composer of Carmina Burana, d. 1982" , "Carl -, wrote Carmina Burana" , "Carl ----, German composer of Carmina Burana fame" .)