Morning song of high class in an ill-chosen key? (6)
I believe the answer is:
aubade
'morning song' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'high class in an ill-chosen key?' is the wordplay.
'high class' becomes 'U' (as in U and non-U speech).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'ill' becomes 'bad' (associated in meaning).
'chosen key?' becomes 'e' (a musical key. I am not sure about the 'chosen' bit.).
'a'+'bad'='abad'
'u' placed within 'abad' is 'aubad'.
'aubad'+'e'='AUBADE'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aubade that I've seen before include "Morning song" , "Dawn poem, song" , "Sunrise song" , "Early announcement" , "piece of early music" .)