Musician to cope with, we hear (6)
I believe the answer is:
handel
'musician' is the definition.
(Handel is an example)
'cope with we hear' is the wordplay.
'cope with' becomes 'handle' (I've seen this before).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'handle' is a homophone of 'HANDEL'.
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for handel that I've seen before include "music-maker" , "Anglo-German composer" , "Water Music composer, d. 1759" , "German-born composer to the ` `Messiah' '" , "Old musician" .)