Cryptic crossword clue
Composition of Chopin’s evoked science of sound 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PHONICS

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The straight part
We know that "science of sound" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case science of sound = phonics.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PHONICS mean?

PHONICS noun
  1. The study of how the sounds of words are represented by spelling.
  2. A method of teaching elementary reading based on the phonetic interpretation of normal spelling.
  3. Phonetics.
  4. Acoustics.

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