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Reportedly criticise change in piano piece, perhaps (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nocturne

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'piece perhaps' is the definition.
'nocturne' can be an answer for 'piece' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'perhaps' bit.

'reportedly criticise change in piano' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'reportedly' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
'change' could be 'turn' (turn is a kind of change) and 'turn' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for nocturne that I've seen before include "Dreamy piano peace popularised by Chopin" , "Short romantic piece of music - in the night?" , "Pensive lyrical piece of music" , "Short romantic musical composition" , "Piece of dreamy music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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