Very Italian and musical (5)

I believe the answer is:

molto

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'very' is the definition.
(musical term)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for molto that I've seen before include "very familiar to players" , "Very musical Italian" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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