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Form of modern music with true playing bringing great joy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rapture

'great joy' is the definition.
(rapture is a state of bliss)

'form of modern music with true playing' is the wordplay.
'form of modern music' becomes 'rap' (musical genre).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'true' anagrammed gives 'ture'.
'rap'+'ture'='RAPTURE'

'bringing' is the link.

(Other definitions for rapture that I've seen before include "transport" , "Extreme delight" , "Transports of delight" , "modified for Nanki-Poo?" , "Exaltation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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