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Singing with US composer’s hard work! (10)

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barbershop

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'singing with us' is the definition.
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'composer's hard work' is the wordplay.
'composer's' becomes 'barbers' (Samuel Barber).
'hard' becomes 'h' (abbreviation used in pencil classifications).
'work' becomes 'op' (abbreviation for opus).
'barbers'+'h'+'op'='BARBERSHOP'

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(Other definitions for barbershop that I've seen before include "place of high street cuts?" , "Style of close-harmony singing" , "Style of music" , "quartet music?" , "Close-harmony music" .)

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