Name a composer read aloud (6)
I believe the answer is:
handle
'name' is the definition.
(a handle is a name)
'a composer read aloud' is the wordplay.
'a composer' becomes 'handel' (George Frideric Handel).
'read aloud' shows a homophone (sound like).
'handel' sounds like 'HANDLE'.
(Other definitions for handle that I've seen before include "Control - deal with - write about" , "Informally, personal title or name - sounds manual" , "Part by which something is held" , "Feel; name (colloq.)" , "Manage - touch - hilt" .)