Copland's first piano sextet: amazing, something to look forward to (12)
I believe the answer is:
expectations
'something to look forward to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'copland's first piano sextet amazing' is the wordplay.
'first' suggests taking the first letters.
'amazing' indicates an anagram.
The first letter of 'copland' is 'c'.
'c'+'piano'+'sextet'='cpianosextet'
'cpianosextet' with letters rearranged gives 'EXPECTATIONS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for expectations that I've seen before include "See 9" , "Hopes for the future" , "Realistic hopes" .)