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One who talks one round to composing some music (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oratorio

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'some music' is the definition.
(oratorio is a kind of music)

'one who talks one round to composing' is the wordplay.
'one who talks' becomes 'orator' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'to composing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'orator'+'i'+'o'='ORATORIO'

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(Other definitions for oratorio that I've seen before include "Work performed by choir" , "eg Handel's 'Messiah'" , "Religious musical drama, unstaged" , "religious music" , "Sacred, dramatic music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.
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