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'Womaniser with band!' It's what they called Mozart (8)

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I believe the answer is:

wolfgang

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'mozart' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'womaniser with band' is the wordplay.
'womaniser' becomes 'wolf' (wolf is a kind of womaniser).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'band' becomes 'gang' (both can mean a crew of people).
'wolf'+'gang'='WOLFGANG'

'it's what they called' is the link.
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(Other definitions for wolfgang that I've seen before include "Austrian composer of 'Don Giovanni'" , "A famous German waltz god (anag) -- composer" , "Name of German boy" , "He was born 250 years ago" , "Mozart's first name" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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