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No performance in church for this piece of music (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nocturne

'this piece of music' is the definition.
(nocturne is a kind of piece of music)

'no performance in church' is the wordplay.
'performance' becomes 'turn' (turn is a kind of performance).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'turn' placed within 'ce' is 'cturne'.
'no'+'cturne'='NOCTURNE'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for nocturne that I've seen before include "Short romantic musical composition" , "Dreamy, pensive instrumental composition" , "Musical item" , "Dark scene" , "Piece of dreamy music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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