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Trumpeter's last note after playing musical composition (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rondo

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'musical composition' is the definition.
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'trumpeter's last note after playing' is the wordplay.
'trumpeter's last' becomes 'r' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'note' becomes 'do' (musical note, as in do-re-mi).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'playing' becomes 'on'.
'do' after 'on' is 'ondo'.
'r'+'ondo'='RONDO'

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(Other definitions for rondo that I've seen before include "part of a sonata" , "Type of movement" , "Piece written" , "A collection of notes" , "Donor (anag) - piece of music" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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