Players beginning in harmony in interpretation of score: music, say, arising? (9)
I believe the answer is:
orchestra
'players' is the definition.
(group playing music)
'beginning in harmony in interpretation of score music say arising?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'music' could be 'tra' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'tra' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orchestra that I've seen before include "An assembly of musicians with various instruments" , "Musical ensemble" , "Carthorse (anag)" , "Instrumental group" , "Large group of players" .)